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Pre-Industrial Cities and Technology
Colin ChantDavid Goodman
出版Routledge, 2005-11-08
主題Science / Earth Sciences / GeographySocial Science / Human Geography
ISBN11346361999781134636198
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=9FyFAgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This, the first book in the series, explores cities from the earliest earth built settlements to the dawn of the industrial age exploring ancient, Medieval, early modern and renaissance cities. Among the cities examined are Uruk, Babylon, Thebes, Athens, Rome, Constantinople, Baghdad, Siena, Florence, Antwerp, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Timbuktu, Great Zimbabwe, Hangzhou, Beijing and Hankou Among the technologies discussed are: irrigation, water transport, urban public transport, aqueducts, building materials such as brick and Roman concrete, weaponry and fortifications, street lighting and public clocks.