Vanished civilizations.

Contributor(s): Kerr-Jarrett, Andrew | Reader's Digest AssociationMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London ; Sydney : Reader's Digest Association, c2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 320 p. : ill. ; 31 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0276426584Other title: Reader's Digest vanished civilizations [Cover title]Subject(s): Civilization, Ancient | History, Ancient | Civilization, Ancient | Cities and towns, Ancient | History, AncientGenre/Form: History DDC classification: 930 VANI LOC classification: CB311 | .V35 2002
Contents:
Timelines across history -- Discovering the past -- Çatal Hüyük: a sophisticated Stone Age settlement -- The spread of agriculture -- Susa: home of the Elamites -- Saqqara: life in the Old Kingdom -- Mari: the lost city of Mesopotamia -- Harappa: advanced planning on a vast scale -- The first towns -- Ur: a city known to Abraham -- Knossos: luxury in the land of the minotaur -- Mycenae: the melting pot of ancient Greece -- Ugarit: at the crossroads of the ancient world -- The written word -- Amarna: capital of heretic pharaoh -- Hattusas: heart of the Hittite Empire -- Anyang: a Chinese capital in the Bronze Age -- Nineveh: a symbol of Assyrian power -- Early warfare -- Babylon: the city of Nebuchadnezzar -- Tarquinia: an Etruscan city-state -- The Heuneburg: a mysterious Celtic fortress -- Perepolis: a royal capital of the Persian Empire -- Carthage: gateway to rich western trade -- Pazyryk: the frozen tombs of the Altai -- Preserved through time -- Olympia: site of the Grecian games -- Pataliputra: the largest jewel in India's crown -- Mount Li: an army on parade for 2,000 years -- Delos: the birthplace of Apollo -- Petra: desert home of a trading empire -- Ancient trade routes -- Qumran: a settlement near the Dead Sea -- Nimrud Dagh: a royal sanctuary in Anatolia -- Pompeii: the resurrection of a city -- From tents to palaces -- Lugdunum: the little Rome of imperial Gaul -- Hatra: a holy city in a hostile desert -- Sipán: lords of gold and sacrifice -- Constantinople: the city of the emperor Justinian -- Chang'an: heart of the Celestial Empire -- Birth of technology -- Nara: a Japanese capital of Chinese culture -- Tikal: temples in a tropical forest -- Angkor: the Khmer jungle capital -- Pagan: the city of temples -- Ife: Africa's city of the gods -- Pueblo Bonito: a settlement lost in the desert -- Chanchan: a target of the Inca conquest -- Tenochtitlán: a city surrounded by water.
Summary: Provides information on the history, culture, and archaeology of forty cities and other locations of the ancient world.
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Timelines across history -- Discovering the past -- Çatal Hüyük: a sophisticated Stone Age settlement -- The spread of agriculture -- Susa: home of the Elamites -- Saqqara: life in the Old Kingdom -- Mari: the lost city of Mesopotamia -- Harappa: advanced planning on a vast scale -- The first towns -- Ur: a city known to Abraham -- Knossos: luxury in the land of the minotaur -- Mycenae: the melting pot of ancient Greece -- Ugarit: at the crossroads of the ancient world -- The written word -- Amarna: capital of heretic pharaoh -- Hattusas: heart of the Hittite Empire -- Anyang: a Chinese capital in the Bronze Age -- Nineveh: a symbol of Assyrian power -- Early warfare -- Babylon: the city of Nebuchadnezzar -- Tarquinia: an Etruscan city-state -- The Heuneburg: a mysterious Celtic fortress -- Perepolis: a royal capital of the Persian Empire -- Carthage: gateway to rich western trade -- Pazyryk: the frozen tombs of the Altai -- Preserved through time -- Olympia: site of the Grecian games -- Pataliputra: the largest jewel in India's crown -- Mount Li: an army on parade for 2,000 years -- Delos: the birthplace of Apollo -- Petra: desert home of a trading empire -- Ancient trade routes -- Qumran: a settlement near the Dead Sea -- Nimrud Dagh: a royal sanctuary in Anatolia -- Pompeii: the resurrection of a city -- From tents to palaces -- Lugdunum: the little Rome of imperial Gaul -- Hatra: a holy city in a hostile desert -- Sipán: lords of gold and sacrifice -- Constantinople: the city of the emperor Justinian -- Chang'an: heart of the Celestial Empire -- Birth of technology -- Nara: a Japanese capital of Chinese culture -- Tikal: temples in a tropical forest -- Angkor: the Khmer jungle capital -- Pagan: the city of temples -- Ife: Africa's city of the gods -- Pueblo Bonito: a settlement lost in the desert -- Chanchan: a target of the Inca conquest -- Tenochtitlán: a city surrounded by water.

Provides information on the history, culture, and archaeology of forty cities and other locations of the ancient world.

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