Cities and civilizations / Christopher Hibbert.

Hibbert, Christopher, 1924-2008.
New York : Welcome Rain : Distributed by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1996.
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Notes:

  • Thebes in the days of the pharoahs, 2000 BC-1200 BC — Jerusalem in the days of David and Herod, 1000 BC-AD 60 — Athens in the days of Pericles, 480 BC-404 BC — Rome in the days of the Emperor Trajan, AD 53-117 — Constantinople in the days of Constantine and Justinian, 330-565 — Hangzhou in the days of the Sung Emperors, 1138-1279 — Cuzco in the days of the Incas, 1300-1533 — Florence in the days of the Medici, 1389-1492 — Toledo in the days of Philip II and El Greco, 1556-1598 — Amsterdam in the days of Rembrandt, 1606-1669 — Paris in the days of Louis XIV, 1651-1715 — London in the days of Pepys and Wren, 1666-1723 — St Petersburg in the days of Peter the Great, 1703-1725 — Venice in the days of Canaletto and Casanova, 1697-1798 — Vienna in the days of Franz Josef, 1848-1916 — New Orleans: the crescent city — Tokyo: city of the rising sun — Berlin: the Babylon of the world — Moscow: a model communist city — New York: a stroke of genius — Sydney: the finest harbour in the world.
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-252) and index.

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