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Ancient cities
- Author(s):
- Jeffrey A. Becker (see profile)
- Date:
- 2021
- Group(s):
- Classical archaeology
- Subject(s):
- Classical antiquities, Archaeology, Cities and towns--Study and teaching
- Item Type:
- Syllabus
- Tag(s):
- Classical archaeology, Urbanism
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/h16t-fh41
- Abstract:
- This course is an introductory survey of the urban centers of the ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, and Mediterranean worlds. In this course students will explore the development of urbanism in these areas by studying the archaeological remains from the cities of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, from the Neolithic period until the foundation of Constantinople in the fourth century A.D. The course will focus on comparing the characteristics of urbanism and the archaeological evidence for urbanization in different cultures. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able both to define what constitutes a “city” in each of the cultural contexts that we have studied and to identify the unique traits that each of the cultures studied brings to the urban equation.
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- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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