(DOWNLOAD) "Pre-Industrial Cities and Technology" by Colin Chant & David Goodman ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Pre-Industrial Cities and Technology
- Author : Colin Chant & David Goodman
- Release Date : January 08, 2005
- Genre: Geography,Books,Science & Nature,Nonfiction,Social Science,Earth Sciences,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 22033 KB
Description
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.