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The Great Cities in History
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From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization. The Great Cities in History tells their stories, from Uruk and Memphis to Tokyo and São Paulo. A galaxy of distinguished contributors evoke the character of each place its people, its art and architecture, its government and explain the reasons for its success. Richly illustrated with photographs, paintings, maps and plans, this volume is nothing less than a portrait of world civilization.
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Index
Page numbers refer to the 2016 print edition
Numbers in italics indicate illustrations
‘Abbas I, Shah 193–6, 211
Abbasid Caliphate 69, 93, 103–5, 120
Abd al-Malik 92
‘Abd al-Rahman I 69, 107, 109
‘Abd al-Rahman II 108
‘Abd al-Rahman III 108, 109
Abd Allah Ibn al-Zubayr 92
‘Abd al-Hamid Lahauri 188
Abe no Nakamaro 102
Abelard, Peter 130–31
Abraham, prophet 91, 94
Abu el-Hajjaj 29
Abu Ishak al-Sahili 163
Abu Sufyan 97
Abusir 21–2
Achaemenids 194
Adam, Robert and John 175
Addams, Jane 303
Adler and Sullivan 302
Adolf II of Holstein, Count 133
Afghanistan 16, 97
Agra 11, 188–92, 292; fort (palace-fortress) 190; Jami’ Masjid 190; riverfront gardens 188–90, 192; Taj Mahal 127, 188–92, 211; tombs 191
Agrippa 66
Ahmed el Mansour, Sultan 163
Ahmed I, Sultan 187
Akbar, Emperor 189
Akhmatova, Anna 244
Aksum 57
Alba, Fernando, Duke of 178
Alberti, Leon Battista 155
Alcántara 179
Alcazarquebir, battle of 178
Alexander the Great 33, 36, 51–52, 59, 124; tomb 53
Alexander VI (Borgia), Pope 10, 181, 182
Alexandra, Empress 244
Alexandria 14, 24, 51–54, 79, 108, 138; harbours 52; Jewish quarter 52; Library 39, 53; necropolis 52, 53; Pharos island 52, 54; Pharos lighthouse 54; Serapeum 54
Algren, Nelson 304–5
Ali, Caliph 97, 98, 193
Ali Riza (Eighth Imam) 196
Almohads 107
Almoravids 107
Alta California 307
Amenemhat III 23
America: discovery of 110, 157, 174, see also United States of America
Amstel, river 219
Amsterdam 175, 179, 213, 217–21; Exchange Bank 218; markets and trade 218–19; shipbuilding 218–19; synagogues 228; Town Hall 219
Amun 25, 26, 27, 56; temple at Karnak 23, 26–27
Amyitis 35
An Lushan rebellion 101, 137
Anatolia 30, 34, 120
Anaxagoras 46
Anchieta, José de 326
Andersen, Hans Christian 239
Ando, Tadao 337
Angelico, Fra 155
Angkor 9, 111, 112–15; Angkor Thom 114; Angkor Wat 113, 139; Bayon 114, 115; Royal Palace 114; TaProhm 115
Anhangabaú, river 326, 328
Anitta 30
Ankara 30
Anonymi Orbis descriptio 42
Antioch 79
Antiochus 36
Antirrhodos 52
António, Dom 178–79
Apamea 95
Apis bull, embalming house for 23
Apollonius of Rhodes 53
Apries, king 24
Aq Quyunlu 193
aqueducts 63–64, 66, 138, 173, 308
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe 208
Argentina 313–14
Aristarchus 53
Aristophanes 46
Aristophanes of Byzantium 53
Armada 179
Armenia 38
Armstrong, Louis 306
Arruda, Francisco and Diogo da 209
Art Ensemble of Chicago 306
Art Nouveau 207, 250
Ashurbanipal 28, 39, 81
Askin, Robert 330–31, 332, 333
Aspasia 46
Assyria 28, 33–34, 37–40
astronomy 14, 16, 35, 53, 127, 207
Athens 9, 13–14, 43–47, 316; Acropolis 44, 47, 82; Agora 43, 45, 46; Areopagus 43; Erectheion 46; Parthenon 43, 46, 47, 82; Propylaia 46; Stoa of Attalos 43; Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios 44; temple of Athena Nike 46; temple of Hephaistos 43
Auden, W. H. 321
Augustine, St 42
Augustus, Emperor 41, 57, 62–67, 80
Austria 261
Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) empire 10, 174, 246, 254, 270, 272
autos-da-fé 178
Avendaño, Andrés de 75
Averroés 108
Avignon 180
Aztecs 70, 171, 173, 175, 2...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- About the Author
- Other titles of interest
- Contents
- From Mesopotamia to Megalopolis
- The Ancient World
- The First Millennium AD
- The Medieval World
- The Early Modern World
- The Age of The Modern City
- Contributors
- Further Reading
- Sources of Illustrations
- Sources of Quotations
- Index
- Copyright