The theme book of this channel is shared - "Cities in the Classical World: Exploring the Details of Civilization from Maps" by Colin McEwedy (United States) Douglas Stewart O

The theme book of this channel is shared - "Cities in the Classical World: Exploring the Details of Civilization from Maps"

Written by Colin McEweedy 

Douglas Stewart Ols, ed

Translated by Tang Chushan

This book is a history of the city in the classical period of the West, and it is also a brief history of classical civilization. The author traces the history of 120 ancient cities, focusing on their development in the classical period, and explaining their fate as either abandoned or surviving to this day. The authors used a uniform scale to draw a floor plan for each city, visualizing the differences in layout and size between different cities. As for the population size of each city at different stages of development, the author has a strong argument. In addition to political history, military history, religious history, and cultural history, this book also covers the fields of transportation history, demography, archaeology, and cultural heritage.