The fabric of cities : aspects of urbanism, urban topography and society in Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome /

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The Fabric of Cities offers a diversified collection of articles on ancient urbanism in Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, focussing on the social dimension of urban spaces and cultural views of city life, by drawing extensively on textual and archaeological sources.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: May, Natalie N. (Natalie Naomi) (Autor, Editor ), Steinert, Ulrike (Autor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Colección:Culture and history of the ancient Near East.
Temas:
To 634
Cities and towns > Middle East > History > Congresses.
Urbanization > Middle East > History > Congresses.
Cities and towns > Rome > History > Congresses.
Urbanization > Rome > History > Congresses.
Civilization, Classical > Congresses.
Urbanisation > Rome > Histoire > Congrès.
Civilisation ancienne > Congrès.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Cities and towns.
Civilization.
Civilization, Classical.
Urbanization.
Iraq > Civilization > To 634 > Congresses.
Irak > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 634 > Congrès.
Iraq.
Middle East.
Rome (Empire)
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Introduction: Urban Topography as a Reflection of Society?; The Cost of Cosmogony: Ethical Reflections on Resource Extraction, Monumental Architecture and Urbanism in the Sumerian Literary Tradition; Gates and their Functions in Mesopotamia and Ancient Israel; City Streets: Reflections on Urban Society in the Cuneiform Sources of the Second and First Millennium BCE; The Babylonian Cities: Investigating Urban Morphology Using Texts and Archaeology; From bābānu to bētānu, Looking for Spaces in Late Asyrian Palaces.
  • "Ich bin die Grenze der Agora." Zum kognitiven Stadtbild der Athener in klassischer ZeitReligiöse Topographie Roms: Der Aventin Innerhalb der Stadt und ausserhalb des Pomeriums; Index; Keywords; Personal and Divine Names; Geographical and Place Names; Sources; Words and Terms in Ancient Languages.

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