The Life And Death Of Ancient Cities
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The Life And Death Of Ancient Cities
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Author : Greg Woolf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
The Life And Death Of Ancient Cities written by Greg Woolf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with History categories.
The story of ancient cities from the end of the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Middle Ages: a tale of war and politics, pestilence and famine, triumph and tragedy, by turns both fabulous and squalid.
Life And Death In The Ancient City Of Teotihuacan
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Author : Rebecca Storey
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 1992-01-30
Life And Death In The Ancient City Of Teotihuacan written by Rebecca Storey and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01-30 with History categories.
Cities arose independently in both the Old World and in the pre-Columbian New World. Lacking written records, many of these New World cities can be studied only through archaeology, including the earliest pre-Columbian city, Teotihuacan, Mexico, one of the largest cities of its time (150 B.C. to A.D. 750). Thus, an important question is how similar New World cities are to their Old World counterparts. Storey's research shows clearly that although Teotihuacan was a very different environment and culture from 17th-century London, these two great cities are comparable in terms of health problems and similar death rates.
Ancient Cities
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Author : Charles Gates
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-04-15
Ancient Cities written by Charles Gates and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-15 with History categories.
Well illustrated with nearly 300 line drawings, maps and photographs, Ancient Cities surveys the cities of the ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds from an archaeological perspective, and in their cultural and historical contexts. Covering a huge area geographically and chronologically, it brings to life the physical world of ancient city dwellers by concentrating on evidence recovered by archaeological excavations from the Mediterranean basin and south-west Asia Examining both pre-Classical and Classical periods, this is an excellent introductory textbook for students of classical studies and archaeology alike.
Four Lost Cities A Secret History Of The Urban Age
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Author : Annalee Newitz
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2021-02-02
Four Lost Cities A Secret History Of The Urban Age written by Annalee Newitz and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-02 with Science categories.
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Science Friday A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why people abandoned them. In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Turkey, the Roman vacation town of Pompeii on Italy’s southern coast, the medieval megacity of Angkor in Cambodia, and the indigenous metropolis Cahokia, which stood beside the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today. Newitz travels to all four sites and investigates the cutting-edge research in archaeology, revealing the mix of environmental changes and political turmoil that doomed these ancient settlements. Tracing the early development of urban planning, Newitz also introduces us to the often anonymous workers—slaves, women, immigrants, and manual laborers—who built these cities and created monuments that lasted millennia. Four Lost Cities is a journey into the forgotten past, but, foreseeing a future in which the majority of people on Earth will be living in cities, it may also reveal something of our own fate.
Rome
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Author : Greg Woolf
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-07-10
Rome written by Greg Woolf and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-10 with History categories.
Woolf expertly recounts how the mammoth Roman empire was created, how it was sustained in crisis, and how it shaped the world of its rulers and subjects--a story spanning a millennium and a half of history.
The Well Tempered City
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Author : Jonathan F. P. Rose
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2016-09-13
The Well Tempered City written by Jonathan F. P. Rose and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-13 with Architecture categories.
2017 PROSE Award Winner: Outstanding Scholarly Work by a Trade Publisher In the vein of Jane Jacobs’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities and Edward Glaeser’s Triumph of the City, Jonathan F. P. Rose—a visionary in urban development and renewal—champions the role of cities in addressing the environmental, economic, and social challenges of the twenty-first century. Cities are birthplaces of civilization; centers of culture, trade, and progress; cauldrons of opportunity—and the home of eighty percent of the world’s population by 2050. As the 21st century progresses, metropolitan areas will bear the brunt of global megatrends such as climate change, natural resource depletion, population growth, income inequality, mass migrations, education and health disparities, among many others. In The Well-Tempered City, Jonathan F. P. Rose—the man who “repairs the fabric of cities”—distills a lifetime of interdisciplinary research and firsthand experience into a five-pronged model for how to design and reshape our cities with the goal of equalizing their landscape of opportunity. Drawing from the musical concept of “temperament” as a way to achieve harmony, Rose argues that well-tempered cities can be infused with systems that bend the arc of their development toward equality, resilience, adaptability, well-being, and the ever-unfolding harmony between civilization and nature. These goals may never be fully achieved, but our cities will be richer and happier if we aspire to them, and if we infuse our every plan and constructive step with this intention. A celebration of the city and an impassioned argument for its role in addressing the important issues in these volatile times, The Well-Tempered City is a reasoned, hopeful blueprint for a thriving metropolis—and the future.
Cities Of The Classical World
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Author : Colin McEvedy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-11-03
Cities Of The Classical World written by Colin McEvedy and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-03 with History categories.
From Alexandria to York, this unique illustrated guide allows us to see the great centres of classical civilization afresh. The key feature of Cities of the Classical World is 120 specially drawn maps tracing each city's thoroughfares and defences, monuments and places of worship. Every map is to the same scale, allowing readers for the first time to appreciate visually the relative sizes of Babylon and Paris, London and Constantinople. There is also a clear, incisive commentary on each city's development, strategic importance, rulers and ordinary inhabitants. This compelling and elegant atlas opens a new window on to the ancient world, and will transform the way we see it.
Making Ancient Cities
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Author : Andrew Creekmore
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-04-28
Making Ancient Cities written by Andrew Creekmore and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-28 with Architecture categories.
Investigates how the structure and use of space developed and changed in cities, and examines the role of different societal groups in shaping urbanism.
The Ancient City
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Author : Arjan Zuiderhoek
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017
The Ancient City written by Arjan Zuiderhoek and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.
This book provides a survey of modern debates on Greek and Roman cities, and a sketch of the cities' chief characteristics.
The Lost Civilization Enigma
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Author : Philip Coppens
language : en
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Release Date : 2012-10-22
The Lost Civilization Enigma written by Philip Coppens and has been published by Red Wheel/Weiser this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-22 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
An examination of archaeological controversies, with arguments showing evidence of prehistoric civilizations not recorded as part of human history. Are history books giving us the whole story? Or is civilization far more complex and older than we have been taught? Our school textbooks barely mention the 6,000-year-old Sumerian civilization, yet the latest archaeological findings at sites such as Jericho and, most recently, Gobekli Tepe in Turkey have been dated to 10,000 BC. Civilization goes back at least another 10,000 years, if we are willing to believe what our ancestors themselves claimed. The Lost Civilization Enigma reveals the truth about: Lost magnitudes to known cultures, such as the Bosnian Pyramids and the civilization of “Old Europe.” The fabled lost “golden” cities of South America and the Amazon, which are slowly being rediscovered. Fascinating examples of lost technology, such as the Antikythera Device. Atlantis and the fact that it was a real civilization. Analyzing the historical and archaeological record, best-selling author Philip Coppens demonstrates that there is substantial evidence that civilization is far older, far more advanced, and far more special than is currently accepted. Clearly, our history books have left out a great deal!