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A cultural encyclopedia of lost cities and civilizations  Cover Image Book Book

A cultural encyclopedia of lost cities and civilizations / Michael Shally-Jensen and Anthony Vivian.

Summary:

"Provides the reader with alphabetical entries on lost cities and civilizations and includes subsections: Overview: Geographic Location, Original Inhabitants, Historical Background, Culture and Society, City's Demise, Recent Discoveries and Current Status, and Bibliography. The entries-as well as the investigative boxes and sidebars-come from every region of the globe and include a broad timespan, panning all of human civilization from several millennia BCE to the present"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781440873102
  • ISBN: 1440873100
  • Physical Description: xix, 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326) and index.
Subject: Extinct cities > Encyclopedias.
Cities and towns, Ancient > Encyclopedias.
Civilization, Ancient > Encyclopedias.
Geographical myths > Encyclopedias.
Villes disparues, en ruines, etc. > Encyclopédies.
Villes antiques > Encyclopédies.
Civilisation ancienne > Encyclopédies.
Mythes géographiques > Encyclopédies.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
HISTORY / World.
Cities and towns, Ancient.
Civilization, Ancient.
Extinct cities.
Geographical myths.
Genre: encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopédies.

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