INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC SCIENTIFIC - EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL ON SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL-METHODICAL ASPECTS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION AND DESIGNING WITH THE USAGE OF VIDEO AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES
Article
THE CLIMATIC BACKGROUND OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN AND SUMERIAN TOWN-PLANNING
Authors
M. Myagkov, Moscow Institute of Architecture (State Academy), Moscow, Russia
Abstract
Paleoclimatic information, accumulated in the last decade, suggests abrupt climate variations in the Northern Hemisphere in the period of the first high cultures origination. The article presents a retrospective analysis of the impact of climate changes in the middle and late Holocene on the development of town-planning of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian cultures. On their example close relationship of urban development with climatic conditions can be revealed. The reasons of the rise, well-being and fall of major cities of these civilizations, as well as planning and development features related to climatic factors are discussed.
Keywords:
town-planning, architecture, Ancient Egypt, Sumer, climate changes, Holocene
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