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Cities of the ancient world., The Teaching Company ; Professor Steven L. Tuck, DVD

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Cities of the ancient world.

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The Teaching Company ; Professor Steven L. Tuck

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Great courses, Ancient history

Disc 1. The lure of the city -- Catalhoyuk, first experiment in urban living -- Jericho and its walls -- Uruk, city of Gilgamesh -- Mysterious Mohenjo-daro -- Kahun, company town in the desertDisc 2. Work and life at Deir el-Medina -- Amarna, revolutionary capital -- Knossos, palace, city, or temple? -- Akrotiri, Bronze Age Pompeii -- Mycenae, Tiryns, and the mask of Agamemnon -- Athens, civic buildings and civic identityDisc 3. Athenian domestic architecture -- Hippodamian planning, Miletus and Ephesus -- Olynthus, a classical Greek city preserved -- Wonder and diversity in Alexandria -- Pergamon, the new theatricality -- The good life in RomeDisc 4. The lives of the poor in Rome -- Ostia, middle-class harbor town -- Timgad, more Roman than Rome -- Karanis, on the fringes of the empire -- Constantinople, the last ancient city -- Lessons and legacies of ancient urban life

The lure of the city -- Catalhoyuk : first experiment in urban living -- Jericho and its walls -- Uruk : city of Gilgamesh -- Mysterious Mohenjo-daro -- Kahun : company town in the desert -- Work and life at Deir el-Medina -- Amarna : revolutionary capital -- Knossos : palace, city, or temple? -- Akrotiri : Bronze Age Pompeii -- Mycenae, Tiryns, and the mask of Agamemnon -- Athens : civic buildings and civic identity -- Athenian domestic architecture -- Hippodamian planning : Miletus and Ephesus -- Olynthus : a classical Greek city preserved -- Wonder and diversity in Alexandria -- Pergamon : the new theatricality -- The good life in Rome -- The lives of the poor in Rome -- Ostia : middle-class harbor town -- Timgad : more Roman than Rome -- Karanis : on the fringes of the empire -- Constantinople : the last ancient city -- Lessons and legacies of ancient urban life

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