The oscillation between the attraction of cities and their abandonment represents a recurring pattern in human history. This ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

Chapter 1: Interpreting urband and suburban history. Essays. From the history of the city to the history of the urbanized society / Samuel P. Hays ; The triumph of burbopolis / Michael Pollan ; The ...

The aim of this article is to take stock of nineteenth-century transnational urban history. After a short introduction to transnational history, general urban histories are analysed with respect to ...