The First Cities (The Emergence of Man)
By: by Dora Jane Hamblin and the editors of Time-Life Books.
Contributors: Time-Life Books.
Series: The Emergence of Man
Publisher: Time-Life Books
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Extinct cities -- Middle East; Urban archaeology -- Middle East; Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622; Middle East -- Antiquities
First sentence: For better or for worse, the mode and manner of living that the world calls civilized began when human beings abandoned the free and easy life of hunters and food gatherers to snuggle together in settled communities.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 157.
Table of contents: title: Birth of a New Life Style (Picture Essay: Tepe Yahya - A New Prehistoric City) / The Walls of Jericho / The Shrines of Catal Hüyük (Picture Essay: Stirring Setings for Rituals of an Earthy Faith) / The Homely Arts (Picture Essay: Living Well in the City) / The Metropolis of Uruk (Picture Essay: The Flowering of Cities in Regal Sumer) / Sophistication in Moenjo-Daro (Picture Essay: The Benefits of Urban Planning).