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**Çayönü** **Tepesi** an early city in Anatolia (now owned by the
[state](State_\(Polity\) "wikilink") of [Turkey](Turkey "wikilink"))
that experienced a [revolution](revolution "wikilink") with elements of
[anarchism](anarchism "wikilink"), [feminism](feminism "wikilink") and
[communism](Anarcho-Communism "wikilink").
## History
The site of Çayönü Tepesi was originally settled by
[hunter-gatherer](Hunter-Gatherer "wikilink") groups around 8800 to
8500BCE, with agriculture being developed in 8000BCE and domestication
of Sheep in 7300BCE. The resulting society was deeply
[hierarchical](Social_Hierarchy "wikilink") with a strong
[patriarchy](patriarchy "wikilink").
Society was divided between three manorial houses surrounded by
beautiful sculptures and monuments and the rest of society, which lived
in poor slums. The manors had access to wealth and weapons, whilst the
poor labored in difficult conditions, performing human sacrifices and
engaging in wars with nearby communities.
Eventually, the manors were burned down as the lower classes living in
the slums rebelled against the [ruling class](Ruling_Class "wikilink"),
which were then converted in municipal waste dumps. The slums
dissapeared and new houses were erected, each with adequate facilities
and of equal size, indicating social equality.\[1\]
## References
<references />
1. Bernhard Brosius (2005) From Çayönü to
[Çatalhöyük](Çatalhöyük "wikilink") Emergence and development
of an egalitarian society -
<http://www.urkommunismus.de/catalhueyuek_en.html>