The Cambridge World History - Volume 3 / edited by Norman Yoffee

Voume 3. Early Cities in Comparative Perspective, 4000 BCE-120CE

1. Introduction: a history of the study of early cities Norman Yoffee and Nicola Terrenato; Part I. Early Cities as Arenas of Performance: 2. Ancient Egyptian cities: monumentality and performance John Baines; 3. The dedicated city: meaning and morphology in classic Maya urbanism Stephen Houston and Thomas G. Garrison; 4. Southeast Asian urbanism: from early city to classical state Miriam Stark; 5. Cities as performance John Baines, Miriam Stark, Thomas G. Garrison and Stephen Houston; Part II. Early Cities and Information Technologies: 6. Urbanization and techniques of communication: the case of the rise of the southern Mesopotamian city of Uruk during the fourth millennium BCE Hans Nissen; 7. Writing and the city in early China Wang Haicheng; 8. Reading early Maya cities: interpreting the role of writing in urbanization Danny Law; 9. Inka administration in Tawantinsuyu by means of the knotted-cords Gary Urton; 10. Writing and record-keeping in early cities Danny Law, Wang Haicheng, Hans Nissen and Gary Urton; Part III. Early Urban Landscapes: 11. Tiwanaku urban origins: distributed centers and animate landscapes John W. Janusek; 12. Mesopotamian cities and urban process, 3500-1600 BCE Geoff Emberling; 13. Teotihuacan: an early urban center in its regional context Sarah C. Clayton; 14. Urban landscapes: transforming spaces and reshaping communities Geoff Emberling, Sarah C. Clayton and John W. Janusek; Part IV. Early Cities and the Distribution of Power: 15. Ancient South Asian cities in their regions Carla M. Sinopoli; 16. Greek cities in the first millennium BCE Ian Morris and Alex R. Knodell; 17. Different cities: Jenne-jeno and African urbanism Roderick J. McIntosh; 18. The distribution of power: hierarchy and its discontents Carla M. Sinopoli, Roderick J. McIntosh, Ian Morris and Alex R. Knodell; Part V. Early Cities as Creations: 19. Baghdad, an imperial foundation (CE 762-836) Francoise Micheau; 20. Jerusalem: capital city created in stone and in imagination Ann E. Killebrew; 21. City of earth and wood: New Cahokia and its material-historical implications Timothy Pauketat, Susan M. Alt and Jeffery D. Kruchten; 22. Imagined cities Timothy R. Pauketat, Ann E. Killebrew and Francoise Micheau; Part VI. Early Imperial Cities: 23. Neo-Assyrian capital cities: from imperial headquarters to cosmopolitan cities Adelheid Otto; 24. Mexico-Tenochtitlan: origin and transformations of the last Mesoamerican imperial city Gerardo Gutierrez; 25. The archetypal imperial city: the rise of Rome and the burdens of empire Nicola Terrenato; 26. Imperial cities Nicola Terrenato, Gerardo Gutierrez and Adelheid Otto; 27. Conclusion: early cities and the evolution of history: the meaning of early cities Norman Yoffee.

Comparison of early and ancient cities as arenas of performance, writing and information technology in early cities, how early cities transformed their landscapes, how power was created and resisted in early cities, and the nature of imperial cities. These comparisons also allow distinctive qualities of early cities to be identified.