Pivot Cities in the Rise and Fall of Civilizations

Preface Part I. Intellectual Experiences and Methodological Framework 1. Introduction: Intellectual Background 2. Critical Analysis of City Historiography: A Methodological Framework Part II. The Role of Pivot Cities in the History of Civilizations 3. Civilization-Founding Pivot Cities: Pioneering Cities 4. Pivot Cities Founded by a Civilization: The Rise of Cities as Political Centers after the Formation of a Civilizational Paradigm 5. Pivot Cities Transplanted During the Formation of Civilizations: Alexandrian, Ottoman and Modern Networks of Cities 6. "Ghost Cities": The Decline of Pivot Cities Through Power Shifts and Civilizational Transformation 7. "Lost Cities": Pivot Cities Liquidated with a Civilization 8. Pivot Cities on Lines of Geoeconomic/Geocultural Interaction: Centers of Civilizational Encounters Part III. Transforming/Transformed Pivot Cities Where Civilizations Meet 9. Jerusalem: The Soul of Civilizations' History and Spiritual Transformation 10. Cairo and Civilizational Interaction: The Transformative Power of Place 11. Istanbul: A Civilization-Blending Subject City

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• Planeamento urbano e municipal
• História social e cultural
• Industrialização e história industrial
• Comunidades urbanas
• Estudos sobre o desenvolvimento
• Economia política
• Política e governo
• Historiografia
• Sociologia

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