The Great Cities - Contents
World Map
From Mesopotamia to Megalopolis
John Julius Norwich
The Ancient World
Uruk The World’s First City
Margarete van Ess
Mohenjo-Daro and the Indus Civilization
Robin Coningham
Memphis Capital of Ancient Egypt
Ian Shaw
Thebes and Egypt’s Golden Age
Bill Manley
Hattusa Stronghold of the Hittite Empire
Trevor Bryce
Babylon Nebuchadnezzar and the Hanging Gardens
Joan Oates
Nineveh Palaces and Temples of Assyrian Kings
Julian Reade
Carthage Phoenician and Roman City
Henry Hurst
Athens Birthplace of Democracy
Bettany Hughes
Linzi and other Cities of Warring States China
W. J. F. Jenner
Alexandria Mediterranean Metropolis of the Ptolemies
Alan B. Lloyd
Meroë Royal City of Nubia
Robert Morkot
Jerusalem in the time of Herod and Jesus
Martin Goodman
Rome in the Age of Augustus
Nigel Pollard
The First Millennium AD
Teotihuacan Birthplace of the Gods
Susan Toby Evans
Tikal Crucible of Maya Civilization
Simon Martin
Constantinople Christian Capital in the East
John Julius Norwich
Mecca Sacred City of Islam
Doris Behrens-Abouseif
Damascus Splendours of the Oasis City
Barnaby Rogerson
Chang’an Capital of Tang China
Victor C. Xiong
Baghdad and the Abbasid Caliphs
Doris Behrens-Abouseif
Córdoba Brilliant Capital of Moorish Spain
Doris Behrens-Abouseif
The Medieval World
Angkor Khmer City of Glory
Michael D. Coe
Palermo Norman Jewel of the Mediterranean
John Julius Norwich
Cairo Centre of Islamic Civilization
Doris Behrens-Abouseif
Samarkand Tamerlane’s Chosen City
Colin Thubron
Paris Pinnacle of Gothic Architecture
Chris Jones
Lübeck and the Cities of the Hanseatic League
William L. Urban
Kraków Renaissance City of the North
Adam Zamoyski
Venice Mistress of the Mediterranean
John Julius Norwich
Florence The Magnificence of the Medici
Charles Fitzroy
Benin West African City of the Ancestors
Patrick Darling
Timbuktu City in the Sands
Barnaby Rogerson
Cuzco Imperial City of the Inca
Brian S. Bauer
Tenochtitlan Aztec City in the Lake
Susan Toby Evans
The Early Modern World
Lisbon in the Age of Discovery
Malyn Newitt
Rome and the Renaissance Papacy
Charles Fitzroy
Istanbul City of the Sultans
Jason Goodwin
Agra City of the Taj Mahal
Ebba Koch
Isfahan Shah ‘Abbas and the Safavid Empire
Stephen P. Blake
Beijing and the Forbidden City
Frances Wood
Kyoto Pleasure Gardens and Vermilion Palaces
Lesley Downer
Prague Rudolph II’s City of Magic
Colin Amery
Amsterdam and the Dutch Republic
Simon Schama
Mexico City Utopia in the New World
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
London Renaissance to Restoration
A. N. Wilson
Stockholm and Sweden’s Baltic Empire
Charles Fitzroy
Dublin and Georgian Elegance
Thomas Pakenham
Copenhagen and Nordic Neoclassicism
Colin Amery
St Petersburg Russia’s Window on the West
Colin Amery
Vienna and the Habsburg Emperors
Misha Glenny
Edinburgh and the Scottish Enlightenment
Magnus Linklater
The Age of the Modern City
Moscow Capital Without a Court
Orlando Figes
Paris in the Time of Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann
Philip Mansel
London from Queen Victoria to Big Bang
A. N. Wilson
Budapest Bridging the Danube
Misha Glenny
Montreal The Defiance that Made Canada
Rory Maclean
Washington DC Ideology Made Visible
Simon Schama
Barcelona The Catalan Phoenix
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
New Delhi Symbol in Stone
Jane Ridley
Berlin Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
Rory Maclean
Chicago The Engine of America
James Cuno
Los Angeles The Culture of the Imagination
Kevin Starr
Buenos Aires City of Permanent Promise
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Singapore The Lion City
John Keay
New York The Prospect of the Future
Jan Morris & Alexander Bloom
São Paulo Coffee and Commerce
Elizabeth Johnson
Sydney Shanty Town to Global City
Elizabeth Farrelly
Tokyo City of Constant Change
Lesley Downer
Shanghai China’s Super-City
John Gittings
List of Contributors
Further Reading
Sources of Illustrations
Sources of Quotations
Index