A Cultural Encyclopedia of Lost Cities and Civilizations

357 Pages·2022·35.492 MB·English

by  Michael Shally-Jensen, Anthony Vivian

A Cultural Encyclopedia of
Lost Cities and Civilizations

A Cultural Encyclopedia of
Lost Cities and Civilizations
Michael Shally-Jensen and Anthony Vivian
Copyright © 2023 by ABC-CLIO, LLC
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Shally-Jensen, Michael, author. | Vivian, Anthony, author.
Title: A cultural encyclopedia of lost cities and civilizations / Michael
Shally-Jensen and Anthony Vivian.
Description: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO,
LLC, [2023] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022022011 | ISBN 9781440873102 (hardcover) | ISBN
9781440873119 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Extinct cities—Encyclopedias. | Cities and towns,
Ancient—Encyclopedias. | Civilization, Ancient—Encyclopedias. |
Geographical myths—Encyclopedias. | BISAC: HISTORY / Ancient / General
| HISTORY / World
Classification: LCC CC176 .S485 2023 | DDC 930.003—dc23/eng/20220801
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022022011
ISBN: 978-1-4408-7310-2 (print)
978-1-4408-7311-9 (ebook)
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Contents
List of Entries vii
Geographic Guide to Entries ix
Preface xi
Introduction xiii
Maps xvi
A–Z Entries 1
General Bibliography 325
About the Authors and Contributors 327
Index 329

List of Entries
Abu Simbel Deir el-Bahri/Djeser-Djeseru
Abydos Delphi
Ai-Khanoum Easter Island
Ajanta Caves
Ephesus
Aksum
Giza
Alexandria
Granada
Amarna
Great Zimbabwe
Ancestral Puebloans
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
Angkor
Hittites
Antioch
Ife
Anuradhapura
Indigenous Australian
Assyrians
Cultures
Athens
Iroquois Confederacy
Ayutthaya
Kilwa
Baalbek
Knossos
Babylon
Kyoto
Bagan/Pagan
La Tène Celtic Culture
Borobudur
Lapita People
Cahokia
Machu Picchu
Carthage
Madurai
Chan Chan
Maya
Chang’an
Memphis and Saqqara
Chavín de Huántar
Constantinople Meroë
Ctesiphon Moche Culture
Cyrene Mongol Empire
viii List of Entries
Monte Albán Shaker Villages
Mughal Empire Spanish Missions in North America
Mycenae Stonehenge
Nazca Susa
Old Goa Syracuse
Olmecs Taxila
Olympia Tenochtitlán
Paestum Teotihuacán
Pataliputra Thebes
Pecos Pueblo Timbuktu
Pergamon Tiwanaku
Persepolis Troy
Petra Tula
Phoenicians Ur
Pompeii Van
Roanoke Colony Vijayanagara
Rome Vinland
Scythians Xianyang
Geographic Guide to Entries
Every entry is listed once, even though many entries fall into multiple categories.
Africa Machu Picchu
Aksum Moche Culture
Great Zimbabwe Nazca
Ife Tiwanaku
Kilwa Asia, Central
Meroë Ai-Khanoum
Timbuktu Mongol Empire
Americas, Meso Scythians
Maya Asia, East
Monte Albán Chang’an
Olmecs Kyoto
Tenochtitlán Xianyang
Teotihuacán
Asia, South
Tula
Ajanta Caves
Americas, North Anuradhapura
Ancestral Puebloans Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
Cahokia Madurai
Iroquois Confederacy Mughal Empire
Pecos Pueblo Old Goa
Roanoke Colony Pataliputra
Shaker Villages Vijayanagara
Spanish Missions in North America
Asia, Southeast
Vinland
Angkor
Americas, South Ayutthaya
Chan Chan Bagan/Pagan
Chavín de Huántar Borobudur