Great Cities of the Ancient World: From Thebes to Constantinople With 150 Photographs, Drawings and Maps
by L. Sprague de Camp
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A portrayal of fourteen ancient cities at their height.Tags
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An interesting and at times funny book about the history and culture of ancient cities. The cities mentioned; Thebes, Jerusalem, Nineveh, Tyre, Babylon, Memphis, Athens, Syracuse, Carthage, Alexandria, Anuradhapura, Rome, Pataliputra, and Constantinople.
From Thebes to Constantinople With 150 Photographs, Drawings and Maps.
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L. Sprague de Camp, winner of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, was fluent in several languages and traveled the world. He was chased by a hippopotamus in Uganda and sea lions in the Galapagos Islands. He saw tigers and rhinoceroses from elephantback in India, and he was bitten by a lizard in the jungles of Guatemala. His fascinating show more autobiography. Time and Chance, won the 1997 Hugo Award for best nonfiction. L. Sprague de Camp passed away in May 2000 show less
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- Original title
- Great cities of the ancient world
- Original publication date
- 1972
- Dedication*
- Meinem Freund Allan E. Nourse, M.D., der mich auf der Reise zu einer Anzahl dieser Städte durch dick und dünn begleitete
- First words*
- Dieses Buch will von verschiedenen großen Städten alter Zeiten erzählen, von denen ich außer Ninive alle besucht habe.
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