Archaeology, University of Sydney, Australia.
Urban Archaeology Program.
THE GREAT CITIES OF ASIA.
The Archaeology, History and Geography of Ancient and Medieval Urbanism from the Eastern Mediterranean to the China Sea.
MAPS
Click on a red dot to find maps of that country's ancient cities and other useful material.
ANCIENT CAPITALS OF THE WORLD: HOW BIG WERE THEY?
- How did Rome and Carthage compare in size with ancient Asian cities such as Peking, Nanking, Chang-an, Baghdad, Isfahan, Loyang, Keifeng, Hangchow, and Seleucia? Go to: Comparing city sizes 1
- How about Edo (old Tokyo), Kyoto, Cairo, Cordova, Constantinople, Abassyd Samarra, Nara, Delhi and Vijayanagar? Go to: Comparing city sizes 2
- And how did the industrialising Paris and London of the 1800s compare in size with some of their contemporaries in Asia: Edo, Baghdad, Peking and Chang-an? Go to: Comparing city sizes 3
OTHER UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECTS.
- Time-Map Project (an outline of an exciting new method of computer visualisation of past events).
Project coordinator: Associate Professor Roland Fletcher.
The Urban Archaeology Program aims to make resources available on the Internet for people interested in the development of ancient and medieval cities in the broad region from Western Asia to Japan, and from Peking to Angkor.
THESE PAGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION DEC 1997-FEB 1998.