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  • City of Ur Plan 600 BCE

    City of Ur Plan 600 BCE

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    City of Ur Plan 600 BCE

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    Archaeologists have concluded that the south Mesopotamian city of Ur (in modern Iraq), first established in 3800 BCE, covered 60 acres and was enclosed by a city wall, made of fired bricks. Although it was a desert city, its position between two rivers meant it was well irrigated. By 600... More
  • Construction Phases of Athens 600 BCE–300 CE

    Construction Phases of Athens 600 BCE–300 CE

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    Construction Phases of Athens 600 BCE–300 CE

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    While evidence of settlement of the Acropolis extends back to Neolithic times, the earliest attributable construction in Athens relates to Peisistratos, the 6th-century BCE tyrant who ruled the city. He, amongst other works, built a massive aqueduct to bring fresh water to the inhabitants. Pericles, the Athenian statesman, ushered in... More
  • Dallas Municipal Expansion 1930-87

    Dallas Municipal Expansion 1930-87

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    Dallas Municipal Expansion 1930-87

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    There were two competing claimants for the original settlement of Dallas; they produced conflicting surveys resulting in the doglegged streets that persist today in Downtown. Dallas is a byword for brash Texas glitz epitomized by the eponymous soap opera. After one major boom and bust based on cotton in the... More
  • Ephesus c. 2nd century

    Ephesus c. 2nd century

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    Ephesus c. 2nd century

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    The city of Ephesus on the southern coast of Asia Minor had many masters: Lydians, Persians, Seleucids and, finally, the kingdom of Pergamon, before incorporation into the Roman Empire. By the 2nd century CE, it was a substantial city with a population of c. 100,000, a provincial capital and major... More
  • Jerusalem in the 12th Century

    Jerusalem in the 12th Century

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    Jerusalem in the 12th Century

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    The slaughter unleashed by the crusaders during the capture of Jerusalem left it a virtual ghost town. Most of the crusaders then returned home, but a nucleus remained, and began the re-population with an influx of eastern Christians, Armenians from Cilicia and Syrians from Oultrejordain. The economy was rebuilt by... More
  • London c. 1700

    London c. 1700

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    London c. 1700

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    By the beginning of the 18th century, London was a sprawling metropolis of around 600,000, extending far beyond its original walled boundaries. The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed around 60 per cent of the pre-existing, mainly wooden, housing stock. In the rebuilding, a city ordinance specified the use of stone... More
  • London Plan c. 190 CE

    London Plan c. 190 CE

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    London Plan c. 190 CE

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    By 190 CE, Londinium had cemented its place as the capital city of Roman Britain. Although, following the Antonine plague, the city had passed its zenith in terms of size and population towards the first half of the second century, the infrastructure was demonstrative of its importance in the Roman... More
  • Paris c. 1700

    Paris c. 1700

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    Paris c. 1700

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    In 1700, Paris was the second largest city in Europe, with London the first. In 1701 it expanded into twelve suburbs (faubourgs), which formed a clockwise spiral within and beyond the old city wall, which Louis XIV (1638–1715) had pulled down and replaced with boulevards. Despite moving his court to... More
  • Persepolis

    Persepolis

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    Persepolis

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    The Persian Empire founded by Cyrus the Great had a number of capitals, in part, because the Achaemenids rotated their court between regional centres according to the season, but also because certain locations became functionally specialized. Ecbatana was the favoured summer residence, Susa for Spring, while Babylon was the commercial... More
  • Plan of Baghdad City 762 CE

    Plan of Baghdad City 762 CE

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    Plan of Baghdad City 762 CE

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    In c. 758–762 the Islamic Abbasids built Baghdad, the capital city of their empire. Located next to trading routes and the River Tigris, the city took four years to build, with construction beginning under the astrological sign of the lion, Leo, signifying fire and strength. The original city plans show... More
  • Teotihuacán c. 300 CE

    Teotihuacán c. 300 CE

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    Teotihuacán c. 300 CE

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    The ethnicity of the founders of the ancient city of Teotihuacán, lying 50 m (30 miles) northeast of modern Mexico City, is a matter of mystery and controversy. The consensus is that the Nahua, Otomi and Totonac peoples may all have played a part in its establishment, thought to have... More
  • The Construction Phases of Troy c. 3000–1900 BCE

    The Construction Phases of Troy c. 3000–1900 BCE

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    The Construction Phases of Troy c. 3000–1900 BCE

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    The site of Troy, near the Dardanelles Straits in northwestern Turkey, was first extensively excavated by Heinrich von Schliemann (1870–90). He was guided by earlier speculation that it might house the remains of the famous city of antiquity laid siege to by the Mycenaean Greeks, and immortalized by Homer. The... More