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CL 104 Ancient Cities and Urban Culture

Covers the development of city planning and urban life in the ancient world by surveying the origins and changes over time of cities within the ancient civilizations of the Near East, Egypt, Greece, Etruria, and Rome.

Ancient Cities

  • Ur (circa 21st century BC) 
  • Knossos (circa 17th century BC)
  • Amarna (circa 14th century BC) 
  • Babylon (circa 6th century BC) 
  • Athens (circa 5th century BC) 
  •  Alexandria (circa 51 BC)
  • Pompeii (circa 1st century AD)
  • Corinth (circa 2nd century AD) 
  • Rome (circa 320 AD)
  • Constantinople (circa 5th century – 13th century AD)