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Re:How the Oldest Company in the World Survived Nearly 1,500... by ddfs123 on Monday September 02, 2024 @04:32AM (#41423637)
This doesn't really say anything about religions. Constructions company can build a lot of thing. Temples are just happen to be good business at that time.
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Re:How the Oldest Company in the World Survived Nearly 1,500... by FredPret on Monday September 02, 2024 @11:58AM (#41426528)
But temples are almost uniquely good for construction companies.

- the more ornate, the better

- unlike palaces, every town needs at least one, and if you're polytheistic, so much the better

- extremely price-insensitive clients who are content to wait generations

- you can probably easily bulldoze both structures and local opinions that get in the way of construction because you're building for a cause everyone's supposed to worship

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