Four Lost Cities - A Secret History of the Urban Age (Paperback)

In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the centre of a sophisticated civilisation: the Neolithic site of Catalhoeyuk in Central Turkey, the Roman town of Pompeii on Italy's southern coast, the medieval megacity of Angkor in Cambodia and the indigenous American metropolis Cahokia, which stood beside the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today. Newitz travels to all four sites and investigates the cutting-edge research in archaeology, revealing the mix of environmental changes and political turmoil that doomed these ancient settlements. Tracing the early development of urban planning, Newitz also introduces us to the often-anonymous workers-slaves, women, immigrants and manual labourers-who built these cities and created monuments that lasted millennia. Four Lost Cities is a journey into the forgotten past but, foreseeing a future in which the majority of people on Earth will be living in cities. It may also reveal something of our own fate.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2022
Authors:	Annalee Newitz
Dimensions:	211 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-88245-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	0-393-88245-4
Barcode:	9780393882452

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