Cities of the Classical World: An Atlas and Gazetteer of 120 Centres of Ancient Civilization

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Colin McEvedy

Cities of the Classical World

An Atlas and Gazetteer of 120 Centres of Ancient Civilization

Colin McEvedy

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Penguin
05 March 2019

History; Classical history & classical civilisation

From Alexandria to York, this unique illustrated guide shows us the great centres of classical civilization afresh.

The book's key feature is 120 specially-drawn maps tracing each city's thoroughfares and defences, monuments and places of worship. Every map is to the same scale, allowing readers for the first time to appreciate visually the relative sizes of Babylon and Paris, London and Constantinople. There are also clear, incisive commentaries on each city's development, strategic importance, rulers and ordinary inhabitants. This compelling and elegant atlas opens a new window on to the ancient world, and will transform the way we see it.

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By: Colin McEvedy
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 326g
ISBN: 9781846144288
ISBN 10: 1846144280
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 05 March 2019
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Colin McEvedy (1930-2005) was a psychiatrist, historian and demographer. His many books included the Penguin atlases of Ancient History, Medieval History and Modern History, African History, North American History, the Pacific,The Atlas of World Population History (written with Richard Jones) and The Atlas of World History (written with Sarah McEvedy). .

Reviews for Cities of the Classical World: An Atlas and Gazetteer of 120 Centres of Ancient Civilization

A beautifully produced and completely wacky testimony to the life and scholarship of a passionate private historian * The Times Higher Education Supplement * Colin McEvedy was a polymath. If you wanted to know something, Google had failed you and the British Library seemed too far away, the obvious move was to ask McEvedy * Independent *