Between the Sacred and the Secular: Convergence and Conflict in the West Asian Urban Belt (7000 B. C.-1922 A. D.)
by Sun Baoguo
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From the perspective of civilization evolution and urban development, West Asia is not only one of the birthplaces of human civilization, but also one of the birthplaces of world cities. From the perspective of material and spiritual exchanges between China and foreign countries, West Asian cities are not only a series of fulcrums on the land Silk Road, but also important nodes on the Maritime Silk Road. Vertically, this book divides the development of cities in West Asia into seven stages: the city-state-dominated period, the primitive empire period, the Hellenistic period, the Roman Empire period, the Arab Empire period, the Ilkhanate period and the Ottoman Empire period, starting with the rise of the earliest cities in West Asia and even the world represented by Jericho in about 7000 BC. , Starting with the end of the Ottoman Empire in 1922 AD; horizontally, this book discusses from three levels: "political ecology", "development overview" and "typical cities", in order to present a three-dimensional overview of the political ecology, economy and trade, social life, religious culture, planning and management of West Asian cities at different stages.
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