From Mycenae to Constantinople - The Evolution of the Ancient City

Informationen zum Autor Richard Tomlinson is Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham. Klappentext An account of the architecture of a selection of ancient cities not merely from the historical point of view, but as an expression of the social organisation, and political systems employed by those who lived in them. Zusammenfassung An account of the architecture of a selection of ancient cities not merely from the historical point of view, but as an expression of the social organisation, and political systems employed by those who lived in them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements 1 INTRODUCTION: CITIES AND THEIR CREATORS 2 BUILDINGS: TYPES AND FUNCTIONS 3 MYCENAE: THE FORERUNNERS 4 ATHENS AND PIRAEUS 5 CORINTH 6 PRIENE 7 ALEXANDRIA 8 PERGAMON 9 THESSALONIKE 10 CYRENE 11 ROME 12 POMPEII 13 LEPCIS MAGNA 14 PALMYRA 15 EPILOGUE: CONSTANTINOPLE

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• Authors: Tomlinson, Richard A Tomlinson, Richard a Tomlinson Tomlinson, Richard A. Tomlinson, Tomlinson Richard A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2016
• EAN: 9781138158009
• ISBN: 978-1-138-15800-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Urban communities, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology