Four Lost Cities A Secret History of the Urban Age

Name: Four Lost Cities A Secret History of the Urban Age
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ISBN: 9780393882452

ISBN-10: 0393882454

ISBN-13: 9780393882452

Edition: N/A

Authors: Annalee Newitz

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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 center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site of ï¿½atalhï¿½yï¿½k in Central Turkey, the Roman vacation town of Pompeii on Italy's southern coast, the medieval megacity of Angkor in Cambodia, and the indigenous 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,…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/11/2022
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.20" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English