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100	1		_aNorwich, John Julius.
245	1	4	_aThe Great Cities in History.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aLondon : _bThames & Hudson, Limited, _c2019.
264		4	_c©2009.
300			_a1 online resource (307 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Other titles of interest -- Contents -- From Mesopotamia to Megalopolis -- The Ancient World -- Uruk -- The World's First City -- Mohenjo-Daro -- Mysteries of the Indus Civilization -- Memphis -- The Balance of the Two Lands -- Thebes -- Heart of Egypt's Golden Age -- Hattusa -- Stronghold of the Hittite Empire -- Babylon -- Nebuchadnezzar and the Hanging Gardens -- Nineveh -- Palaces and Temples of Assyrian Kings -- Carthage -- Phoenician and Roman Cities -- Athens -- Birthplace of Democracy -- Linzi -- Cities of Warring States China -- Alexandria -- Greek Capital of Egypt -- Meroë -- Royal City of Nubia -- Jerusalem -- City Founded on Faith -- Rome -- Augustus' City of Stone -- The First Millennium AD -- Teotihuacan -- Where Time and Water Flow -- Tikal -- Crucible of Maya Civilization -- Constantinople -- Christian Capital in the East -- Mecca -- Sacred City of Islam -- Damascus -- Splendours of the Oasis City -- Chang'an -- Capital of Tang China -- Baghdad -- and the Abbasid Caliphs -- Córdoba -- Brilliant Capital of Moorish Spain -- The Medieval World -- Angkor -- Khmer City of Glory -- Palermo -- Norman Jewel of the Mediterranean -- Cairo -- Centre of Islamic Civilization -- Samarkand -- Tamerlane's Chosen City -- Paris -- Pinnacle of Gothic Architecture -- Lübeck -- and the Cities of the Hanseatic League -- Kraków -- Renaissance City of the North -- Venice -- Mistress of the Mediterranean -- Florence -- The Magnificence of the Medici -- Benin -- West African City of the Ancestors -- Timbuktu -- City in the Sands -- Cuzco -- Imperial City of the Inca -- Tenochtitlan -- Aztec City in the Lake -- The Early Modern World -- Lisbon -- in the Age of Discovery -- Rome -- and the Renaissance Papacy -- Istanbul -- City of the Sultans -- Agra -- City of the Taj Mahal -- Isfahan.
505	8		_aShah 'Abbas and the Safavid Empire -- Beijing -- and the Forbidden City -- Kyoto -- Pleasure Gardens and Vermilion Palaces -- Prague -- Rudolph II's City of Magic -- Amsterdam -- and the Dutch Republic -- Mexico City -- Utopia in the New World -- London -- Renaissance to Restoration -- Stockholm -- and Sweden's Baltic Empire -- Dublin -- and Georgian Elegance -- Copenhagen -- and Nordic Neoclassicism -- St Petersburg -- Russia's Window on the West -- Vienna -- and the Habsburg Emperors -- Edinburgh -- and the Scottish Enlightenment -- The Age of The Modern City -- Moscow -- Capital Without a Court -- Paris -- in the Time of Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann -- London -- from Queen Victoria to Big Bang -- Budapest -- Bridging the Danube -- Montreal -- The Defiance that Made Canada -- Washington DC -- Ideology Made Visible -- Barcelona -- The Catalan Phoenix -- New Delhi -- Symbol in Stone -- Berlin -- Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano -- Chicago -- The Engine of America -- Los Angeles -- The Culture of the Imagination -- Buenos Aires -- City of Permanent Promise -- Singapore -- The Lion City -- New York -- The Prospect of the Future -- São Paulo -- Coffee and Commerce -- Sydney -- Shanty Town to Global City -- Tokyo -- City of Constant Change -- Shanghai -- China's Super-City -- Contributors -- Further Reading -- Sources of Illustrations -- Sources of Quotations -- Index -- Copyright.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aCities and towns-History.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aNorwich, John Julius _tThe Great Cities in History _dLondon : Thames & Hudson, Limited,c2019 _z9780500292518
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5878005 _zClick to View
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