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• Title:Ancient cities : the archaeology of urban life in the ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece, and Rome / Charles Gates ; illustrations by Neslihan Yilmaz.
  
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• Author/Creator:Gates, Charles, 1950-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Yılmaz, Neslihan.
  
• Published/Created:Abingdon, Oxon [U.K.] ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: HT114 .G38 2011
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Cities and towns, Ancient.
  Urban archaeology--Middle East.
  Urban archaeology--Egypt.
  Urban archaeology--Mediterranean Region.
  Middle East--Antiquities.
  Egypt--Antiquities.
  Mediterranean Region--Antiquities.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xxiii, 474 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
  
• Summary:Ancient Cities surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds from the perspectives of archaeology and architectural history, bringing to life the physical world of ancient city dwellers by concentrating on evidence recovered from archaeological excavations. Urban form is the focus: the physical appearance and overall plans of the cities, their architecture and natural topography, and the cultural and historical contexts in which they flourished. Attention is also paid to non-urban features such as religious sanctuaries and burial grounds, places and institutions that were a familiar part of the city dweller's experience. Objects or artifacts that represented the essential furnishings of everyday life are discussed, such as pottery, sculpture, wall paintings, mosaics and coins. Ancient Cities is unusual in presenting this wide range of Old World cultures in such comprehensive detail, giving equal weight to the Preclassical and Classical periods, and in showing the links between these ancient cultures.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780415498654 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  9780415498647 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  9780203830574 (ebk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Neolithic Towns And Villages In The Near East
  Geography, Climate, And The Neolithic Revolution
  Jericho
  Çayönü
  Göbekli Tepe: An Early Neolithic Ceremonial Center
  Çatalhöyük
  Development Of Chiefdoms And States
  ch. 2 Early Sumerian Cities
  Sumerians And Their Environment
  Uruk
  Development Of Writing
  Habuba Kabira
  Early Dynastic Period: Historical Summary
  Early Dynastic Religious Life: The Temple Oval At Khafajeh
  Ur: The Royal Tombs
  Summary
  ch. 3 Mesopotamian Cities In The Late Third And Second Millennia BC
  Introduction
  Akkadians
  Neo-Sumerian Revival: Historical Summary
  Gudea Of Lagash
  Ur In The Ur III And Isin-Larsa Periods
  Hammurabi Of Babylon And The Old Babylonian Period
  Mari: The Palace Of Zimri-Lim
  Kassites
  ch. 4 Cities Of The Indus Valley Civilization
  Environment
  Mohenjo-Daro
  Lothal
  Agriculture, Technology, Crafts, And Arts
  End Of The Harappan Cities
  ch. 5 Egypt Of The Pyramids
  Introduction
  Geography
  Early History
  Egyptian Writing
  Burials Of The Archaic Period
  Saqqara: The Step Pyramid
  Transition To The True Pyramid
  Giza: A Fourth Dynasty Funerary Complex
  Sun Temple Of Niuserre At Abu Gurab
  First Intermediate Period
  ch. 6 Egyptian Cities, Temples, And Tombs Of The Second Millennium BC
  Middle Kingdom
  Second Intermediate Period
  New Kingdom And Thebes
  Temple Of Amun At Luxor
  Temple Of Amun At Karnak
  Akhenaten And Tell El-Amarna
  Valley Of The Kings
  Nineteenth Dynasty: Ramses II And Abu Simbel
  Aftermath
  ch. 7 Aegean Bronze Age Towns And Cities
  Aegean Civilizations And Cities
  Crete: Knossos And The Minoans
  Thera: Akrotiri
  Mycenaeans: Mycenae And Pylos
  End Of Mycenaean Civilization
  ch. 8 Anatolian Bronze Age Cities: Troy And Hattusa
  Troy
  Hattusa And The Hittites
  End Of The Bronze Age In Anatolia
  ch. 9 Cypriots, Canaanites, And Levantine Trading Cities Of The Late Bronze Age
  Enkomi
  Ugarit (Ras Shamra)
  Shipwrecks At Cape Gelidonya And Uluburun
  ch. 10 Near Eastern Cities In The Iron Age
  Neo-Assyrian Cities Of Northern Mesopotamia
  Kalhu (Nimrud)
  Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad)
  Nineveh
  Anatolia And The Levant: Phrygian, Urartian, Philistine, And Hebrew Cities
  Babylon
  Achaemenid Persians And Persepolis
  ch. 11 Phoenician And Punic Cities
  Tyre
  Tyre In Its Eastern Mediterranean Context
  Sidon: Phoenicia In The Persian Period
  Gadir
  Carthage
  ch. 12 Early Greek City-States Of The Iron Age (Eleventh To Seventh Centuries BC)
  Historical Background
  Rise Of The Polls
  Early Greek Town: Zagora
  Cemeteries At Lefkandi And Athens
  Corinth: Orientalizing Pottery And Hoplite Warfare
  Greek Sanctuary: The Heraion On Samos
  Votive Offerings, Foreign Contacts, Writing, And Coinage
  ch. 13 Archaic Greek Cities, I: The Doric And Ionic Orders Of Greek Architecture, And East Greek Cities To The Ionian Revolt
  Doric And Ionic Orders
  Early Doric Temples At Thermon, Olympia, And Kerkyra (Corfu)
  Early Ionic Temples At Samos And Ephesus
  East Greek Cities In The Archaic Period: Samos, Miletus, And The Ionian Revolt
  ch. 14 Archaic Greek Cities, II: Sparta And Athens
  Sparta
  Athens In The Archaic Period
  Archaic Art: Pottery And Sculpture
  Persian Wars
  ch. 15 Greek Sanctuaries: Delphi And Olympia
  Delphi: The Sanctuary Of Apollo
  Olympia: The Sanctuary Of Zeus
  ch. 16 Athens In The Fifth Century BC
  Historical Introduction
  Athenian Acropolis
  Theater Of Dionysos And Choregic Monuments
  Lower Town: Houses And The Agora
  ch. 17 Greek Cities And Sanctuaries In The Late Classical Period
  Historical Summary
  Sanctuary Of Asldepios At Epidauros: A New Direction In Religious Practice
  Priene: A Small Greek City
  Olynthos: Houses
  Vergina And Halikamassos: Royal Burials
  ch. 18 Hellenistic Cities
  Historical Introduction
  Didyma: The Temple Of Apollo
  Pergamon: A City In The Athenian Tradition
  Alexandria: Capital Of A Bicultural Kingdom
  Delos: A Commercial Center
  Sinope: A Port On The Black Sea
  ch. 19 Greek And Etruscan Cities In Italy
  Greek Cities In South Italy And Sicily: Paestum And Syracuse
  Etruscans
  ch. 20 Rome From Its Origins To The End Of The Republic
  Geography
  Early History And Settlement, Ca. 753-509 BC
  Roman Republic: Civic Institutions
  Expansion Of Rome
  Roads, Camps, And Colonies
  Cosa, A Town Of The Roman Republic
  Rome During The Republic
  ch. 21 Rome In The Age Of Augustus
  Augustus, The First Of The Roman Emperors
  Augustus And The Architecture Of Rome
  ch. 22 Italy Outside The Capital: Pompeii And Ostia
  Pompeii
  Ostia
  ch. 23 Rome From Nero To Hadrian: Imperial Patronage And Architectural Revolution
  Historical Introduction: The Empire
  Rome: The Imperial Capital
  Palaces
  Temples
  Commemorative Monuments
  Civic Buildings
  Imperial Tombs
  ch. 24 Roman Provincial Cities
  Athens
  Ephesus And Pergamon
  Perge
  Palmyra
  Jerash (Gerasa)
  Lepcis Magna
  Nimes (Nemausus)
  London (Londinium)
  Trier (Augusta Treverorum)
  Conclusions
  ch. 25 Late Antique Transformations: Rome, Jerusalem, And Constantinople In The Age Of Constantine
  Historical Summary
  Palaces: Piazza Armerina And The Palace Of Diocletian
  Rome
  Churches
  Jerusalem
  Constantinople, The "New Rome".