Cities and civilizations

by Hibbert, Christopher

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Full title :Cities and civilizations / Christopher Hibbert.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1986.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1986.

The Physical Object

Description:252 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 27 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1555840175, 9781555840174
oclc:ocm13560504
LC Classification:HT151
Dewey Decimal:909/.09732

The ancient city. Thebes in the days of the Pharoahs, 2000 BC- 1200 BC -- Jerusalem in the days of David and Herod, 1000 BC-AD 60 -- Athens in the days of Pericles, 480 BC-404 BC -- Rome in the days of the Emperor Trajan, AD 53-117 -- The developing city. Constantinople in the days of Constantine and Justinian, 330-565 -- Hangzhou in the days of the Sung Emperors, 1138-1279 -- Cuzco in the days of the Incas, 1300-1533 -- Florence in the days of the Medici, 1389-1492 -- Toledo in the days of Philip II and El Greco, 1556-1598 -- Amsterdam in the days of Rembrandt, 1606-1669 -- Paris in the days of Louis XIV, 1651-1715 -- London in the days of Pepys and Wren, 1666-1723 -- St Petersburg in the days of Peter the Great, 1703-1725 -- Venice in the days of Canaletto and Casanova, 1697-1798 -- Vienna in the days of Franz Josef, 1848-1916 -- The modern city. New Orleans : "The Crescent City" -- Tokyo : "City of the Rising Sun" -- Berlin : "The Babylon of the world" -- Moscow : "A model Communist city" -- New York : "A stroke of genius" -- Sydney : "The finest harbour in the world."

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