BOOKS - The City in the Ancient World (Harvard Studies in Urban History, 4)
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The City in the Ancient World (Harvard Studies in Urban History, 4)
Author: Mason Hammond
Year: February 5, 1972
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 32 MB
Language: English
Year: February 5, 1972
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 32 MB
Language: English
The emergence of cities in the different regions of the ancient world presents two problems First in areas of common culture or at least of cultural contact did the cities evolve independently as phenomena of social political and economic growth or did they emanate from a common center of origin Second how did the Greco Roman city state originate In considering these questions Mason Hammond has limited the ancient world to the Middle and Near East the Indus Valley and the Mediterranean region He takes geographical and economic factors into account as he treats the cities historically by areas from their first development in Sumeraround 3200 B C to the end of the ancient world in the middle of the sixth century A D Mr Hammond concludes that the city s evolution was a phenomenon of local social development but was also influenced by older cultures The city state he shows was a creation of the Greek genius It was diffused throughout the Greco Ronan world and withered with the decline of ancient culture in the early Middle Ages The author provides brief geographical descriptions of the areas he covers Thirteen maps give the locations of places referred to in the text Where ancient and modern names differ markedly both are given in the text and in an index of the places shown on the maps An extensive chronological survey and a general index document the text
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