Cities That Shaped the Ancient World

By: John Julius Norwich

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500252041
• ISBN13: 9780500252048
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.7" x 9.9"