| Description |
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Timelines |
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Timelines (Franklin Watts, inc.)
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
Describes the development of cities, from the early agricultural centers in the Fertile Crescent to modern metropolises in industrialized countries. |
| Contents |
First cities: Sumer, Indus Valley, markets, crafts, strong walls -- Ancient Egypt: Thebes, cities for the dead, mummies, gods and goddesses -- Greek city-states: Athens, Sparta, Acropolis, sports, democracy, war -- Imperial Rome: "Eternal city," Palatine Hill, Romulus and Remus, emperors -- Viking hedeby: Early trading ports, goods from the Far East, Viking raids, slave trade -- Early America: Mesa Verde, canyons, Mayas, Aztecs, Incas, cliff-dwellings -- Cordoba: Mihrab, religious freedom, Great Mosque -- Paris: Notre Dame, Lent Fair, gothic style -- Venice and K'aifeng: Marco Polo, St. Mark;s Cathedral, international trade, silk, porcelain -- Florence: Renaissance, Donatello's David, Florence Cathedral -- Nuremberg: Printing, Gutenberg Bible, coins, first world globe -- Constantinople: Ottoman Empire, Hagia Sophia -- Amsterdam: Dutch East India Company, townhouses, fires -- Vienna: Theater, opera, Palace of Schonbrunn, craft workers -- St. Petersburg: Winter Palace, Peterhof, Czar Peter the Great -- Paris: Revolution, Napoleon, boulevards, Arc de Triomphe -- New York grows: Manhattan, Fort Amsterdam, St. Paul's Church, skyscrapers -- Industrial cities: Pittsburgh, Leeds, steelworks, factories, pollution -- London expands: Nineteenth century wealth, houses of Parliament, spacious new homes -- London works: Underground, Covent Garden, soup kitchens, London smog -- Out of town: "Metroland," rich suburbs, slums, shantytowns -- Inner city: Traffic jams, "cardboard cities," high-rise apartments -- Cityscapes: Paris, controversial architecture, Sydney Opera House -- Future cities: Underwater cities, solar-powered minibuses, extraterrestrial cities -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Index. |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Extinct cities -- Juvenile literature.
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Cities and towns -- Forecasting -- Juvenile literature.
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Cities and towns -- History.
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| ISBN |
0531152472 trade $13.95 |
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0531111725 library binding |
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