Great Cities of the Ancient WorldA portrayal of fourteen ancient cities at their height. |
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Introduction | 1 |
The Coming of the City | 5 |
Thebes of the Hundred Gates | 17 |
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Achradina Adiatorix Akropolis Alexander Alexandria Amenhotep ancient Anuradhapura Arabs army Ashurbanipal Assyrian Athenians Athens Babylon Babylonian became began Belisarius brick Buddhist building built Byzantine called canal capital Carthage Carthaginians centuries Ceylon Christian civilization columns conquered Constantine Constantinople dâgaba Dionysios Dynasty east Egypt Egyptian elephants emperor Empire Euphrates feet Gate gods golden Greece Greek Gupta Hagia Sophia harbor Herodotos houses huge Indian Ishtar Gate island Israelites Jebusites Jerusalem Justinian killed king kingdom land later Mediterranean Memphis mercenaries miles modern mosque murdered Nile Nineveh Ortygia palace Pâțaliputra Perikles Persian Phoenician priests probably pron Psamtek Ptolemaios Ptolemies pyramid Rameses Ramesseum reign revolt river Roman Rome ruins rule Sennacherib ships Sicily siege Skylas slaves soldiers soon statues stone story streets successors Sultan Syracuse Syrians Temple Thebes throne tombs took tower Turkish Turks Tyre wall Xerxes Yahvist