The First Towns
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3560366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leonard Woolley, Mortimer Wheeler (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1956 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 120 |
| Pages | 224-225 |
| Publication date | 1956-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00118125 |
| OpenAlex | W2207979612 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Gunpowder, Printing and the Protestant Religion', said Thomas Carlyle in 1827, are 'the three great elements of modern civilization'. I wish we could be as contentedly concise about the more ancient varieties. What indeed are the primary qualities of urbanity? At what definable point did Man step across that thin borderline between rus and urbs ? The question matters; the moment at which Man first became something more than a brigand or a hind (without necessarily losing either of those characters) was a climactic one. It counts for a great deal in our estimate of human achievement
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Civilization · Economy · Geography · Gunpowder · Literature · Point (geometry) · Protestantism · Urbanity · Wish · Byzantine Studies and History · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · Scottish History and National Identity
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2018 (49) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |