UNST 220 Understanding Communities
Dr. Martha J. Bianco
Module I Lecture Guide
Part III
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VIII. A TOUR OF WORLD CITIES
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Virtual Tour of Ancient Cultures |
A. THE RIVER’S EDGE: The Role of the River in Ancient Cities
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Cities of the Fertile Crescent: Rivers Forming the Cradle of Civilization
Watch this video about Mesopotamia
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Map of Ur |
Color reconstruction of Ur |
Ziggurat |
American soldiers
on ziggurat in Ur |
American soldiers on ziggurat in Ur |
Artist’s reconstruction of dwelling in Ur |
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The World of the Nile:
A Civilization Devoted to the Gods
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Map of Akhetaten (1349 BC) |
Main city of Akhetaten |
Black & white reconstruction |
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Color reconstruction of Akhetaten |
Aerial view of Akhetaten |
Pharaoh Aketaten and Nerftiti worship Aten |
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Workers’ settlement |
Worker’s flat |
Noble’s residence |
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Around the Huang Ho River: A Rigidly Stratified Society
Plan of capital city of Ch’ang,
from 7th Century
B. THE FORTIFIED EDGE
1. Dwellings as Protection in Çatal Hüyük
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Early wall painting from Çatal Hüyük |
Black & white reconstruction of Çatal Hüyük |
Color reconstruction |
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Çatal Hüyük from above, showing laddered entrances into dwellings |
Individual dwelling |
“Suburbs” of Çatal Hüyük |
C. MULTIPLE EDGES
1. City within a City:
The Greek Polis
Watch this video about classical Greece.
a. acropolis
b. agora
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Map of ancient Greece |
Acropolis of Priene |
Schematic of Athenian
acropolis and agora |
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Schematic of Athenian
agora |
Map of Athenian agora with
acropolis in background |
Model of Athenian agora |
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Model of Athenian
acropolis and agora |
Black & white
reconstruction of agora |
Color reconstruction of
agora |
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