Cities of the Ancient World - Season 1 Episode 24 Lessons and Legacies of Ancient Urban Life
What does this survey of ancient cities add up to? What lessons can we draw from antiquity? Conclude the course with a look at Venice and London to see what elements of ancient cities have endured in modern architecture and urban design. Then reflect on the future of the city.
Year: 2014
Genre: Talk, Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: Wonderium, The Great Courses
Director: Steven L. Tuck
Cast: Steven L. Tuck
Crew:
First Air Date: Aug 29, 2014
Last Air date: Aug 29, 2014
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 24 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 0.00/10 by 0.00 users
Popularity: 0.114
Language: English
Season
Season 1
Episode
The Lure of the City
Çatalhöyük—First Experiment in Urban Living
Jericho and Its Walls
Uruk—City of Gilgamesh
Mysterious Mohenjo-daro
Kahun—Company Town in the Desert
Work and Life at Deir el-Medina
Amarna—Revolutionary Capital
Knossos—Palace, City, or Temple?
Akrotiri—Bronze Age Pompeii
Mycenae, Tiryns, and the Mask of Agamemnon
Athens—Civic Buildings and Civic Identity
Athenian Domestic Architecture
Hippodamian Planning—Miletus and Ephesus
Olynthus—A Classical Greek City Preserved
Wonder and Diversity at Alexandria
Pergamon—The New Theatricality
The Good Life in Rome
The Lives of the Poor in Rome
Ostia—Middle-Class Harbor Town
Timgad—More Roman Than Rome
Karanis—On the Fringes of the Empire
Constantinople—The Last Ancient City
Lessons and Legacies of Ancient Urban Life
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