This, the first book in the series, explores cities from the earliest earth built settlements to the dawn of the industrial age exploring ancient, Medieval, early modern and renaissance cities. Among the cities examined are Uruk, Babylon, Thebes, Athens, Rome, Constantinople, Baghdad, Siena, Florence, Antwerp, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Timbuktu, Great Zimbabwe, Hangzhou, Beijing and Hankou Among the technologies discussed are: irrigation, water transport, urban public transport, aqueducts, building materials such as brick and Roman concrete, weaponry and fortifications, street lighting and public clocks.
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Colin Chant is a lecturer in History of Science and Technology and David Goodman is Head of the Department of History of Science and Technology, both at the Open University.
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Colin Chant provides a magisterial compendium of the relations between cities, technology, and the environment. His sweep includes not only Europe and the Ancient Near East, but also cities in Africa and Asia.
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The first settlements of an urban degree of complexity emerged, probably during the late fourth millennium BCE, in the Near Eastern region often referred to as the 'Fertile Crescent' (see Figure 1.1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The first settlements of an urban degree of complexity emerged, probably during the late fourth millennium BCE, in the Near Eastern region often referred to as the 'Fertile Crescent' (see Figure 1.1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
concrete revolution, urban built environment, human porters, craft specialists, iron metallurgy, urban revival Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Early Modern, Near East, Cambridge University Press, Middle Ages, New York, Roman Empire, Oxford University Press, Urban Revolution, Penguin Books, United Provinces, Royal Society, Great Zimbabwe, Mexico City, Bronze Age, Clarendon Press, Nile Valley, Stanford University Press, Indus Valley, Yale University Press, Yellow River, Palace City, New Haven, North Africa, New Kingdom, The Open University New!
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- The Pre-Industrial Cities and Technology Reader by Colin Chant on 7 pages
- Ancient World (Seven Wonders of the World) by Neil Morris on 4 pages
- Great Zimbabwe (New Aspects of Archaeology) by Peter S. Garlake on 4 pages
- Man Makes Himself (New Thinker's Library) (New Thinker's Library) by V. Gordon Childe on page 2, page 46, and page 79
- Technology in the Ancient World by Henry Hodges on page 46, page 80, and page 113
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- The Pre-Industrial Cities and Technology Reader by Colin Chant in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 4
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