"151 illustrations, 147 in colour"--Title page.
Introduction : the birth of urban life
The Near East. Uruk
Ur
Hattusa
Troy
Babylon
Nineveh
Persepolis
Pergamum
Jerusalem
Petra
Ephesus
Palmyra
Africa. Memphis
Thebes
Amarna
Carthage
Alexandria
Meroë
Leptis Magna
Aksum
Europe. Knossos
Mycenae
Athens
Akragas
Paestum
Rome
Pompeii
Nîmes and The Pont du Gard
Trier
Asia. Mohenjo-Daro
Inzi
Xianyang
Pataliputra
Anuradhapura
The Americas. Caral
La Venta
Monte Albán
Teotihuacan
Tikal
Palenque.
Cities that shaped the ancient world. ISBN 9780500252048. Published by Thames and Hudson in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.