The most comprehensive account yet of the human past from prehistory to the present.

From the fourth millennium BCE to the early second millennium CE the world became a world of cities. This volume explores this critical transformation, from the

From the fourth millennium BCE to the early second millennium CE the world became a world of cities. This volume explores this critical transformation, from the

The era from 1400 to 1800 saw intense biological, commercial, and cultural exchanges, and the creation of global connections on an unprecedented scale. Divided

This study of early cities in Mesoamerica will contribute significantly to the world-wide discourse on early cities and urbanism.