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In this book, Michael Smith offers a comparative and interdisciplinary examination of ancient settlements and cities. Early cities varied considerably in their political and economic organization and dynamics. Smith here introduces a coherent approach to urbanism that is transdisciplinary in scope, scientific in epistemology, and anchored in the urban literature of the social sciences. His new insight is 'energized crowding,' a concept that captures the consequences of social interactions within the built environment resulting from increases in population size and density within settlements. Smith explores the implications of features such as empires, states, markets, households, and neighborhoods for urban life and society through case studies from around the world. Direct influences on urban life - as mediated by energized crowding-are organized into institutional (top-down forces) and generative (bottom-up processes). Smith's volume analyzes their similarities and differences with contemporary cities, and highlights the relevance of ancient cities for understanding urbanism and its challenges today.

World history --- Cities and towns, Ancient. --- Civilization, Ancient. --- Social history

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History of civilization --- History as a science --- Civilization, Ancient --- Memory --- Group identity --- Social aspects --- History --- Middle East --- Civilization --- Civilization, Ancient. --- History.

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History of civilization --- Geschichte. --- Civilization, Classical --- Classical civilization --- Civilization, Ancient --- Classicism --- Civilization, Classical - Handbooks, manuals, etc.

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The Edinburgh Companion is a gateway to the fascinating worlds of ancient Greece and Rome. Wide-ranging in its approach, it demonstrates the multifaceted nature of classical civilization and enables readers to gain guidance in drawing together the perspectives and methods of different disciplines, from philosophy to history, from poetry to archaeology, from art history to numismatics, and many more. Key features: written by experts in the field; contains basic and essential information clearly and concisely presented; gives an up-to-date overview of the classical world; guides readers to sources of current reference and further reading material; over 100 illustrations, maps and plans.

History of ancient Greece --- Roman history --- Civilization, Classical. --- Civilization, Ancient. --- Rome --- Greece --- History.

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This is the second publication in Brill's handbook series The Classical Tradition . The subject of this volume is that group of works of extended prose narrative fiction which bears many similarities to the modern novel and which appeared in the later classical periods in Greece and Rome. The ancient novel has enjoyed renewed popularity in recent years not only among students of literature, but also among those looking for new sources on the popular culture of antiquity and among scholars of religion. The volume surveys the new insights and approaches to the ancient novel which have emerged form the application of a variety of disciplines in the recent years. The 25 senior scholars contributing to the volume are drawn from a broad range of European and North American traditions of scholarship. Chapters cover the important issues dealing with the novel, novelists, novel-like works of fiction, their development, transformation, Christianisation and Nachleben, as well as a broad range of matters, from literary/philological to cultural/historical and religious, which concerns modern scholars in the field. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

Classical fiction --- Civilization, Ancient, in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Classical Latin literature --- Fiction --- Classical Greek literature --- Civilization, Ancient, in literature --- History and criticism --- Roman ancien --- Civilisation ancienne dans la littérature --- Histoire et critique --- Classical literature --- Antieke cultuur. (Reeks) --- Antiquité classique. (Collection) --- Civilisation gréco-romaine. (Collection) --- Klassieke Oudheid. (Reeks) --- Civilization [Ancient ] in literature --- Classical fiction - History and criticism.