The life and death of ancient cities : a natural history
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Published
New York : Oxford University Press, [2020].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
499 pages 24 cm
Status
Security Public Library - NONFICTION
307.76 WOOLF
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Published
New York : Oxford University Press, [2020].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Street Date
2004
Language
English
Notes
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Includes index.
Description
"This book offer a new account of the ancient cities of the Mediterranean world. We are used to thinking of Athens and Rome and Alexandria as great models of urbanism, and of the ancient world itself as a world of cities. In fact cities came late to this corner of Eurasia and were almost always tiny compared to those of neighbouring regions. Greg Woolf sets the slow growth of ancient cities in the context of our species great urban adventure which began six thousand years ago. He asks why, if as a species we are pre-adapted to live in cities, the Greeks and Romans, and Phoenicians and Etruscans and all their neighbours came so late to urban life. Answering this question involves probing questions of human evolution, of Mediterranean ecology, and of ancient imperialisms. Ancient cities emerged from a mixture of accident and entrepreneurship, from local projects of state building and the whims of kings and generals. The handful of ancient mega-cities will built and sustained at enormous cost and against the ecological odds and collapse as soon as imperial powers lost the will or power to keep them going"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Woolf, G. (2020). The life and death of ancient cities: a natural history (First edition.). Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Woolf, Greg. 2020. The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Woolf, Greg. The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History Oxford University Press, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Woolf, Greg. The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History First edition., Oxford University Press, 2020.
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