This book tells the story of the rise and collapse of Europe's first great urban experiment. Drawing on the latest historical and archaeological evidence, Greg Woolf provides a rich history of the ancient Mediterranean city, and attempts to solve the puzzles about its rapid emergence and equally rapid decline, making comparisons along the way with contemporary urban experience.
This book tells the story of the rise and collapse of Europe's first great urban experiment. Drawing on the latest historical and archaeological evidence, Greg Woolf provides a rich history of the ancient Mediterranean city, and attempts to solve the puzzles about its rapid emergence and equally rapid decline, making comparisons along the way with contemporary urban experience.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Greg Woolf is the Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, at the University of London and author of Rome: An Empire's Story and Et Tu Bruté The Murder of Caesar and Political Assassination.
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List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements PART 1: AN URBAN ANIMAL 1: To the City 2: Urban Apes 3: Settling Down 4: Uruk 5: First Cities 6: Cities of Bronze PART 11: AN URBAN MEDITERRANEAN 7: The First Mediterranean Cities 8: Mariners and Chieftains 9: Western Pioneers 10: A Greek Lake 11: Networking the Mediterranean 12: Cities, States, and Kings PART 111: IMPERIAL URBANISMS 13: City and Empire 14: Europe Awakes 15: Cities of Marble 16: Founding New Cities 17: Ruling Through Cities 18: The Ecology of Roman Urbanism PART IV: DE-URBANIZATION 19: The Megalopoleis 20: Postclassical Afterword Further Reading Timeline Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements PART 1: AN URBAN ANIMAL 1: To the City 2: Urban Apes 3: Settling Down 4: Uruk 5: First Cities 6: Cities of Bronze PART 11: AN URBAN MEDITERRANEAN 7: The First Mediterranean Cities 8: Mariners and Chieftains 9: Western Pioneers 10: A Greek Lake 11: Networking the Mediterranean 12: Cities, States, and Kings PART 111: IMPERIAL URBANISMS 13: City and Empire 14: Europe Awakes 15: Cities of Marble 16: Founding New Cities 17: Ruling Through Cities 18: The Ecology of Roman Urbanism PART IV: DE-URBANIZATION 19: The Megalopoleis 20: Postclassical Afterword Further Reading Timeline Notes Bibliography Index
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