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Intro -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Other titles of interest -- Contents -- From Mesopotamia to Megalopolis -- The Ancient World -- Uruk -- The World's First City -- Mohenjo-Daro -- Mysteries of the Indus Civilization -- Memphis -- The Balance of the Two Lands -- Thebes -- Heart of Egypt's Golden Age -- Hattusa -- Stronghold of the Hittite Empire -- Babylon -- Nebuchadnezzar and the Hanging Gardens -- Nineveh -- Palaces and Temples of Assyrian Kings -- Carthage -- Phoenician and Roman Cities -- Athens -- Birthplace of Democracy -- Linzi -- Cities of Warring States China -- Alexandria -- Greek Capital of Egypt -- Meroë -- Royal City of Nubia -- Jerusalem -- City Founded on Faith -- Rome -- Augustus' City of Stone -- The First Millennium AD -- Teotihuacan -- Where Time and Water Flow -- Tikal -- Crucible of Maya Civilization -- Constantinople -- Christian Capital in the East -- Mecca -- Sacred City of Islam -- Damascus -- Splendours of the Oasis City -- Chang'an -- Capital of Tang China -- Baghdad -- and the Abbasid Caliphs -- Córdoba -- Brilliant Capital of Moorish Spain -- The Medieval World -- Angkor -- Khmer City of Glory -- Palermo -- Norman Jewel of the Mediterranean -- Cairo -- Centre of Islamic Civilization -- Samarkand -- Tamerlane's Chosen City -- Paris -- Pinnacle of Gothic Architecture -- Lübeck -- and the Cities of the Hanseatic League -- Kraków -- Renaissance City of the North -- Venice -- Mistress of the Mediterranean -- Florence -- The Magnificence of the Medici -- Benin -- West African City of the Ancestors -- Timbuktu -- City in the Sands -- Cuzco -- Imperial City of the Inca -- Tenochtitlan -- Aztec City in the Lake -- The Early Modern World -- Lisbon -- in the Age of Discovery -- Rome -- and the Renaissance Papacy -- Istanbul -- City of the Sultans -- Agra -- City of the Taj Mahal -- Isfahan.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Chapter One Ancient Times -- The Cave -- The First Settlements -- The Sumerian House -- Cities of Ancient Egypt -- The Egyptian House -- The Splendor of Babylon -- The Grid Plan -- Cities of Ancient Greece -- The Greek House -- Overlapping Cities -- Cities of the Roman Empier -- Roman Insula -- The Celtic Forts -- Chapter Two Middle and Modern Ages -- Cities in the Middle Ages -- The Medieval House -- Jerusalem, the Holy City -- Pre-Columbian Cities -- Inca Cities -- The Inca Housing -- The Mongolian Yurt -- The Chinese Siheyuan -- Classical China -- The Renaissance City -- Renaissance Urban House -- The Baroque City -- The Evolution fo the Garden -- Chapter Three Contemporary Age -- The Neoclassical City -- Industrial Cities -- House of the Working Class -- A New Urban Landscape -- Bourgeois House -- Large Metropolises -- The Apartment Building -- Megacities -- Underground Urbanism -- Restructuring Cities -- The Futuristic Urbanism -- The Self-Sustainable Home -- Home Automation -- Glossary -- For More Information -- For Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover

Gives readers a glimpse of everyday colonial life by examining various topics including, the daily life on the settlements, the diversity of the people, rule of government, religions and beliefs, and the regional and global economies involving trade and commerce.

Maps are used to help guide us to where we want to go and to help us learn about new places. Readers learn how to utilize maps of towns and cities in this age-appropriate and accessible resource. They discover the value of learning how to read a map and gain confidence from practicing that essential life skill. In addition to the useful main text, detailed diagrams, interesting fact boxes, helpful graphic organizers, a full glossary, and vibrant, full-color examples of maps aid readers in understanding this important social studies curriculum topic.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Street Scenes -- 2. Businesses -- 3. Education and Religious Life -- 4. Tobacco Industry -- 5. Transportation -- 6. Military Service and Fire Rescue -- 7. Sports and Special Events -- 8. People -- Bibliography -- About the Organization.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 From the Beginnings of Agriculture and Urbanization to the First Urbexplosions -- Abstract -- The Origins and Beginning of Humankind -- The Beginnings of Agriculture -- Agriculture and Topodynamic Corridors -- Agriculture, Mobility, and Urbanization -- Emergence of Urbanization in the Great Corridor -- Appearance of Pre-urban Cities -- Appearance of Urban Cities in the Sumer Region -- Appearance of Urbanization in Egypt -- The Strategic Role of the Phoenician Cities -- The Strategic Role of the Persian Gulf -- The Babylonian Urbexplosion -- The Assyrians and the Tigris Axis -- The Expansion of the Babylonian Urbexplosion -- The Greek Challenge -- Urbanization in the Asian Corridor -- The Indus Valley -- The Appearance of Urbanization on the Loess Plateau of China -- The Mongolo-American Corridor and the Three Pivots of Eurasian History -- The Semitic Bible and the Indo-European Vedas -- The Emergence of Urbanization in America -- Agriculture and Pre-Columbian Pottery -- Urbanization in the Northern Pre-Columbian Corridor -- Urbanization in the Southern Pre-Columbian Corridor -- References -- 3 Understanding the First Urban Revolution -- Abstract -- The First Urban Revolution and Networks' Critical Points -- The First Urban Revolution and Breaking Points -- The "Interface" Case -- The "Transshipment" Case -- The First Urban Revolution and Central Places -- The First Urban Revolution and Network Systems -- The First Urban Revolution and Agglomeration Economies -- References -- 4 The Two First Economy-Worlds: The Roman and Chinese Empires -- Abstract -- The Emergence of the Roman Economy-World -- The Rise of Rome -- The Forming of the Roman Empire -- The Consolidation of the Roman Empire.