Dok je grad napredovao i postajao sve privlačniji, cela plodna i rodna ravnica prekrivena je kućama, i oni su se tako sami odsekli od izvora hrane.
And as this city grew and became more vibrant and more attractive, eventually all this nice, fertile, alluvial bottomland was covered by houses, and they were basically cutting themselves off from their own food source.