Early cities in comparative perspective, 4000 BCE-1200 CE

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1. Introduction: a history of the study of early cities Norman Yoffee and Nicola Terrenato Part I. Early Cities as Arenas of Performance: 2. Ancient Egyptian cities: monumentality and performance John Baines 3. The dedicated city: meaning and morphology in classic Maya urbanism Stephen Houston and Thomas G. Garrison 4. Southeast Asian urbanism: from early city to classical state Miriam Stark 5. Cities as performance John Baines, Miriam Stark, Thomas G. Garrison and Stephen Houston Part II. Early Cities and Information Technologies: 6. Urbanization and techniques of communication: the case of the rise of the southern Mesopotamian city of Uruk during the fourth millennium BCE Hans Nissen 7. Writing and the city in early China Wang Haicheng 8. Reading early Maya cities: interpreting the role of writing in urbanization Danny Law 9. Inka administration in Tawantinsuyu by means of the knotted-cords Gary Urton 10. Writing and record-keeping in early cities Danny Law, Wang Haicheng, Hans Nissen and Gary Urton Part III. Early Urban Landscapes: 11. Tiwanaku urban origins: distributed centers and animate landscapes John W. Janusek 12. Mesopotamian cities and urban process, 3500-1600 BCE Geoff Emberling 13. Teotihuacan: an early urban center in its regional context Sarah C. Clayton 14. Urban landscapes: transforming spaces and reshaping communities Geoff Emberling, Sarah C. Clayton and John W. Janusek Part IV. Early Cities and the Distribution of Power: 15. Ancient South Asian cities in their regions Carla M. Sinopoli 16. Greek cities in the first millennium BCE Ian Morris and Alex R. Knodell 17. Different cities: Jenne-jeno and African urbanism Roderick J. McIntosh 18. The distribution of power: hierarchy and its discontents Carla M. Sinopoli, Roderick J. McIntosh, Ian Morris and Alex R. Knodell Part V. Early Cities as Creations: 19. Baghdad, an imperial foundation (CE 762-836) Francoise Micheau 20. Jerusalem: capital city created in stone and in imagination Ann E. Killebrew 21. City of earth and wood: New Cahokia and its material-historical implications Timothy Pauketat, Susan M. Alt and Jeffery D. Kruchten 22. Imagined cities Timothy R. Pauketat, Ann E. Killebrew and Francoise Micheau Part VI. Early Imperial Cities: 23. Neo-Assyrian capital cities: from imperial headquarters to cosmopolitan cities Adelheid Otto 24. Mexico-Tenochtitlan: origin and transformations of the last Mesoamerican imperial city Gerardo Gutierrez 25. The archetypal imperial city: the rise of Rome and the burdens of empire Nicola Terrenato 26. Imperial cities Nicola Terrenato, Gerardo Gutierrez and Adelheid Otto 27. Conclusion: early cities and the evolution of history: the meaning of early cities Norman Yoffee.

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