The Lure of the City S01E01
Cities are integral to our modern lives. Begin your tour by considering why wandering ancient humans left the forests and plains to create settlements. The fundamental question of “why” is just the first step toward understanding the inhabitants and lessons from ancient cities.
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The Lure of the City
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Çatalhöyük—First Experiment in Urban Living
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Jericho and Its Walls
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Uruk—City of Gilgamesh
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Mysterious Mohenjo-daro
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Kahun—Company Town in the Desert
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Work and Life at Deir el-Medina
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Amarna—Revolutionary Capital
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Knossos—Palace, City, or Temple?
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Akrotiri—Bronze Age Pompeii
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Mycenae, Tiryns, and the Mask of Agamemnon
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Athens—Civic Buildings and Civic Identity
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Athenian Domestic Architecture
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Hippodamian Planning—Miletus and Ephesus
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Olynthus—A Classical Greek City Preserved
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Wonder and Diversity at Alexandria
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Pergamon—The New Theatricality
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The Good Life in Rome
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The Lives of the Poor in Rome
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Ostia—Middle-Class Harbor Town
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Timgad—More Roman Than Rome
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Karanis—On the Fringes of the Empire
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Constantinople—The Last Ancient City
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Lessons and Legacies of Ancient Urban Life
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