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Cities That Shaped the Ancient World Author: John Julius Norwich

ISBN: 9780500252048 Format: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 240 Published: 1 October 2014 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 25.5 x 19.4 x 2.7 Description: 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. Africa gave rise to the areas of ancient Egypt such as Thebes and Amarna, and also the Ethiopian capital of Aksum and the Phoenician hub at Carthage. 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...

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