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Book Synopsis Cities that Shaped the Ancient World by : John Julius Norwich
Download or read book Cities that Shaped the Ancient World written by John Julius Norwich and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Julius Norwich presents a sweeping tour of forty great cities that shaped the ancient world and its civilizations—and which in turn have shaped our own. The cities of the ancient world built the foundations for modern urban life, their innovations in architecture and politics essential to cities as we know them today. But what was it like to live in Babylon, Carthage, or Teotihuacan? From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the spectacular urban monuments of the Maya in Central America, the cities explored in Cities That Shaped the Ancient World represent almost three millennia of human history. Not only do they illustrate the highest achievement of the cultures that built them, but they also help us understand the rise and fall of these ancient peoples. In this new compact paperback, eminent historians and archaeologists with first-hand knowledge of each site give voice to these silent ruins, bringing them to life as the teeming, state-of-the-art metropolises they once were.
Book Synopsis The Great Cities of the Ancient World, in Their Glory and Their Desolation ... With Illustrations by : Theodore Alois Buckley
Download or read book The Great Cities of the Ancient World, in Their Glory and Their Desolation ... With Illustrations written by Theodore Alois Buckley and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cities that Shaped the Ancient World by : John Julius Norwich
Download or read book Cities that Shaped the Ancient World written by John Julius Norwich and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today we take living in cities, with all their attractions and annoyances, for granted. But when did humans first come together to live in large groups, creating an urban landscape? What were these places like to inhabit? More than simply a history of ancient cities, this volume also reveals the art and architecture created by our ancestors, and provides a fascinating exploration of the origins of urbanism, politics, culture, and human interaction. Arranged geographically into five sections, Cities That Shaped the Ancient World takes a global view, beginning in the Near East with the earliest cities such as Ur and Babylon, Troy and Jerusalem. In Africa, the great cities of Ancient Egypt arose, such as Thebes and Amarna. Glorious European metropolises, including Athens and Rome, ringed the Mediterranean, but also stretched to Trier on the turbulent frontier of the Roman Empire. Asia had bustling commercial centers such as Mohenjodaro and Xianyang, while in the Americas the Mesoamerican and Peruvian cultures stamped their presence on the landscape, creating massive structures and extensive urban settlements in the deep jungles and high mountain ranges, including Caral and Teotihuacan. A team of expert historians and archaeologists with firsthand knowledge and deep appreciation of each site gives voices to these silent ruins, bringing them to life as the bustling state-of-the-art metropolises they once were.
Book Synopsis City and Country in the Ancient World by : John Rich
Download or read book City and Country in the Ancient World written by John Rich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-27 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Greco-Roman world was a world of citie, in a distinctive sense of communities in which countryside was dominated by urban centre. This volume of papers written by influential archaeologists and historians seeks to bring together the two disciplines in exploring the city-country relationship.
Book Synopsis Cities That Shaped the Ancient World by : John Julius Norwich
Download or read book Cities That Shaped the Ancient World written by John Julius Norwich and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When did humans first come together in cities and what were they like to live in? Illustrated with spectacular photographs of the sites of ancient cities today, as well as fabulous objects and works of art, this book provides a fascinating exploration of cities that shaped the ancient world. From the world's first cities, in Mesopotamia, to the spectacular urban monuments of the Maya in Central America, the cities described here represent almost three millennia of human history and development. Under John Julius Norwich's expert editorship, eminent historians and archaeologists with first-hand knowledge of each site bring these silent ruins to life as the teeming metropolises they once were.
Book Synopsis Cities & Scenes from the Ancient World by : Roy G. Krenkel
Download or read book Cities & Scenes from the Ancient World written by Roy G. Krenkel and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Great Cities of the Ancient World; by : Helen Ainslie Smith
Download or read book The Great Cities of the Ancient World; written by Helen Ainslie Smith and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated book offers a fascinating look at the great cities of the ancient world, from Babylon to Rome. Helen Ainslie Smith provides a detailed and engaging account of each city's history, culture, art, and architecture, as well as its influence on the development of civilization. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Cities of the Ancient World written by and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Great Cities of the Ancient World, Etc by : Theodore Alois William BUCKLEY
Download or read book The Great Cities of the Ancient World, Etc written by Theodore Alois William BUCKLEY and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Great Cities of the Ancient World, in Their Glory and Their Desolation by : Theodore Alois Buckley
Download or read book The Great Cities of the Ancient World, in Their Glory and Their Desolation written by Theodore Alois Buckley and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis The Great Cities of the Ancient World by : Theodore Alois Buckley
Download or read book The Great Cities of the Ancient World written by Theodore Alois Buckley and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Download or read book Splendors of the Past written by and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 1981 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EXPLORES LOST CITIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
Book Synopsis An Introduction to the Ancient World by : Lukas de Blois
Download or read book An Introduction to the Ancient World written by Lukas de Blois and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated introductory history covers 3,000 years of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome within the framework of a short narrative history of events. Focusing mainly on the social, political and cultural processes which have influenced later western civilizations,An Introduction to the Ancient Worldconsiders subjects such as the religions of the ancient Near East, Athenian democracy, the interaction of cultures in the Hellenistic world, the political and administrative system of the Roman republic and empire, gender problems and ancient demography. This book shows how the Near East, Greece and Rome witnessed the emergence of city and state government, the development of decision processes, expansion and the effects of social structures, interaction of different cultures, and the emergence of Judaism and Christianity. Anyone interested in ancient history, classics and archaeology, will need this accessible and comprehensive book.
Book Synopsis Lost Cities from the Ancient World by : Maria Teresa Guaitoli
Download or read book Lost Cities from the Ancient World written by Maria Teresa Guaitoli and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of the Ancient World by : Chester G. Starr
Download or read book A History of the Ancient World written by Chester G. Starr and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers an account of early world history from the rise of the first cities to the fall of the Roman Empire. Though Greece and Rome occupy center stage, the author also surveys the cities and empires of Mesopotamia, India from the early Indus civilization to the Gupta state, and China from the Hsia dynasty to the Han empire. He has revised his discussions of early humankind to account for the most recent findings; he presents a new view of the Jewish revolt against Rome led by Bar Kochba. In addition, his account of the end of the Roman Empire has been rewritten in light of the most recent thinking by classical historians. Numerous maps and illustrations, carefully composed and selected, highlight the text.
Book Synopsis Great Cities of the Ancient World by : Lyon Sprague De Camp
Download or read book Great Cities of the Ancient World written by Lyon Sprague De Camp and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From Sicily and ancient Syracuse to the Middle East with Jerusalem and Babylon, from Anurâdhapura in Ceylon, to the great Mediterranean cultures of Carthage, Rome and Constantinople--wherever civilization flourished in the ancient world, great cities grew. In this lavishly illustrated book, L. Sprague de Camp portrays the magnificence of fourteen ancient cities at their height. With detailed maps and careful reconstruction, he outlines the plan and layout of each city."--Publisher's description.
Book Synopsis Imagining Ancient Cities in Film by : Marta Garcia Morcillo
Download or read book Imagining Ancient Cities in Film written by Marta Garcia Morcillo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In film imagery, urban spaces show up not only as spatial settings of a story, but also as projected ideas and forms that aim to recreate and capture the spirit of cultures, societies and epochs. Some cinematic cities have even managed to transcend fiction to become part of modern collective memory. Can we imagine a futuristic city not inspired at least remotely by Fritz Lang’s Metropolis? In the same way, ancient Babylon, Troy and Rome can hardly be shaped in popular imagination without conscious or subconscious references to the striking visions of Griffiths’ Intolerance, Petersen’s Troy and Scott’s Gladiator, to mention only a few influential examples. Imagining Ancient Cities in Film explores for the first time in scholarship film representations of cities of the Ancient World from early cinema to the 21st century. The volume analyzes the different choices made by filmmakers, art designers and screen writers to recreate ancient urban spaces as more or less convincing settings of mythical and historical events. In looking behind and beyond intended archaeological accuracy, symbolic fantasy, primitivism, exoticism and Hollywood-esque monumentality, this volume pays particular attention to the depiction of cities as faces of ancient civilizations, but also as containers of moral ideas and cultural fashions deeply rooted in the contemporary zeitgeist and in continuously revisited traditions.
