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'Well written and illustrated, this work is must reading for students and scholars of the ancient Near East as well as urbanization in general. Summing up: highly recommended.' Choice 'Cities and the Shaping of Memory in the Ancient Near East is a much-needed and welcome project, investigating through the lens of archaeology the built environment of this cosmopolitan and still relatively poorly understood area together with that of northern Iraq.' Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

Cities and the Shaping of Memory in the Ancient Near East is a much-needed and welcome project, investigating through the lens of archaeology the built environment of this cosmopolitan and still relatively poorly understood area together with that of northern Iraq. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

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Ömür Harmanşah is Associate Professor of ​Art History at ​the University​ of Illinois, Chicago​. ​His research focuses on the history of architecture and cities in the ancient Near East, as well as questions of place, landscape and memory.​ He has been directing​ the Yalburt Yaylasi Archaeological Landscape Project, a regional survey in west-​​central Turkey ​since 2010​. In the past he has worked on archaeological projects in Turkey and Greece, including Gordion, Ayanis, Kerkenes Dağ and Isthmia. His articles have been published in journals such as the Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology, Archaeological Dialogues and the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research.

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