Cities That Shaped the Ancient World by John Julius Norwich

Cities That Shaped the Ancient World by John Julius NorwichJohn Julius Norwich presents a sweeping tour of forty great cities that shaped the ancient world and its civilizations and which in turn have shaped our own. The cities of the ancient world built the foundations for modern urban life, their innovations in architecture and politics essential to cities as we know them today. But what was it like to live in Babylon, Carthage or Teotihuacan? From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the spectacular urban

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