From Uruk and Jericho to Athens and Rome, explore ancient urban landscapes and draw connections between the cities of centuries past and those of our modern world.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: The Lure of the City
- 02: Catalhoyuk-First Experiment in Urban Living
- 03: Jericho and Its Walls
- 04: Uruk-City of Gilgamesh
- 05: Mysterious Mohenjo-daro
- 06: Kahun-Company Town in the Desert
- 07: Work and Life at Deir el-Medina
- 08: Amarna-Revolutionary Capital
- 09: Knossos-Palace, City, or Temple?
- 10: Akrotiri-Bronze Age Pompeii
- 11: Mycenae, Tiryns, and the Mask of Agamemnon
- 12: Athens-Civic Buildings and Civic Identity
- 13: Athenian Domestic Architecture
- 14: Hippodamian Planning-Miletus and Ephesus
- 15: Olynthus-A Classical Greek City Preserved
- 16: Wonder and Diversity at Alexandria
- 17: Pergamon-The New Theatricality
- 18: The Good Life in Rome
- 19: The Lives of the Poor in Rome
- 20: Ostia-Middle-Class Harbor Town
- 21: Timgad-More Roman Than Rome
- 22: Karanis-On the Fringes of the Empire
- 23: Constantinople-The Last Ancient City
- 24: Lessons and Legacies of Ancient Urban Life
Taught by
Steven L. Tuck
