Those places were simply the place where the king or the emperor ruled, the place where the main god's palace was, the place where the bureaucrats were to do their business, that's what it was,no more than that.

那些地方仅仅只是,国王或君主的领地,祭祀主神的宫殿所在地,官僚办公的地方,这就是它们当时的功用,不会超出这个范围

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