The Cambridge World History

Herausgeber: Yoffee, Norman

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first book to compare the world's earliest cities, the history of research and meaning of early cities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 596
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 851g
• ISBN-13: 9781108407694
• ISBN-10: 1108407692
• Artikelnr.: 48582544

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: a history of the study of early cities Norman Yoffee and
Nicola Terrenato; Part I. Early Cities as Arenas of Performance: 2. Ancient
Egyptian cities: monumentality and performance John Baines; 3. The
dedicated city: meaning and morphology in classic Maya urbanism Stephen
Houston and Thomas G. Garrison; 4. Southeast Asian urbanism: from early
city to classical state Miriam Stark; 5. Cities as performance John Baines,
Miriam Stark, Thomas G. Garrison and Stephen Houston; Part II. Early Cities
and Information Technologies: 6. Urbanization and techniques of
communication: the case of the rise of the southern Mesopotamian city of
Uruk during the fourth millennium BCE Hans Nissen; 7. Writing and the city
in early China Wang Haicheng; 8. Reading early Maya cities: interpreting
the role of writing in urbanization Danny Law; 9. Inka administration in
Tawantinsuyu by means of the knotted-cords Gary Urton; 10. Writing and
record-keeping in early cities Danny Law, Wang Haicheng, Hans Nissen and
Gary Urton; Part III. Early Urban Landscapes: 11. Tiwanaku urban origins:
distributed centers and animate landscapes John W. Janusek; 12.
Mesopotamian cities and urban process, 3500-1600 BCE Geoff Emberling; 13.
Teotihuacan: an early urban center in its regional context Sarah C.
Clayton; 14. Urban landscapes: transforming spaces and reshaping
communities Geoff Emberling, Sarah C. Clayton and John W. Janusek; Part IV.
Early Cities and the Distribution of Power: 15. Ancient South Asian cities
in their regions Carla M. Sinopoli; 16. Greek cities in the first
millennium BCE Ian Morris and Alex R. Knodell; 17. Different cities:
Jenne-jeno and African urbanism Roderick J. McIntosh; 18. The distribution
of power: hierarchy and its discontents Carla M. Sinopoli, Roderick J.
McIntosh, Ian Morris and Alex R. Knodell; Part V. Early Cities as
Creations: 19. Baghdad, an imperial foundation (CE 762-836) Françoise
Micheau; 20. Jerusalem: capital city created in stone and in imagination
Ann E. Killebrew; 21. City of earth and wood: New Cahokia and its
material-historical implications Timothy Pauketat, Susan M. Alt and Jeffery
D. Kruchten; 22. Imagined cities Timothy R. Pauketat, Ann E. Killebrew and
Françoise Micheau; Part VI. Early Imperial Cities: 23. Neo-Assyrian capital
cities: from imperial headquarters to cosmopolitan cities Adelheid Otto;
24. Mexico-Tenochtitlan: origin and transformations of the last
Mesoamerican imperial city Gerardo Gutiérrez; 25. The archetypal imperial
city: the rise of Rome and the burdens of empire Nicola Terrenato; 26.
Imperial cities Nicola Terrenato, Gerardo Gutiérrez and Adelheid Otto; 27.
Conclusion: early cities and the evolution of history: the meaning of early
cities Norman Yoffee.