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From Uruk and Jericho to Athens and Rome, explore ancient urban landscapes and draw connections between the cities of centuries past and those of our modern world.

Syllabus

  • 01: The Lure of the City
  • 02: Catalhoyuk-First Experiment in Urban Living
  • 03: Jericho and Its Walls
  • 04: Uruk-City of Gilgamesh
  • 05: Mysterious Mohenjo-daro
  • 06: Kahun-Company Town in the Desert
  • 07: Work and Life at Deir el-Medina
  • 08: Amarna-Revolutionary Capital
  • 09: Knossos-Palace, City, or Temple?
  • 10: Akrotiri-Bronze Age Pompeii
  • 11: Mycenae, Tiryns, and the Mask of Agamemnon
  • 12: Athens-Civic Buildings and Civic Identity
  • 13: Athenian Domestic Architecture
  • 14: Hippodamian Planning-Miletus and Ephesus
  • 15: Olynthus-A Classical Greek City Preserved
  • 16: Wonder and Diversity at Alexandria
  • 17: Pergamon-The New Theatricality
  • 18: The Good Life in Rome
  • 19: The Lives of the Poor in Rome
  • 20: Ostia-Middle-Class Harbor Town
  • 21: Timgad-More Roman Than Rome
  • 22: Karanis-On the Fringes of the Empire
  • 23: Constantinople-The Last Ancient City
  • 24: Lessons and Legacies of Ancient Urban Life
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Taught by

Steven L. Tuck

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