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This page lists the the page numbers of the textbook, A Global History of Architecture (2nd edition, Wiley, 2010) that correspond to lectures 6 through 24.  Though it is not required that you complete the readings, you are encouraged to do so.  PDF versions of the readings will be available for verified users to download. 

4.605x A Global History of Architecture

Reading List 

Lecture # 

Source

Pages to read

6: Cities, Gods and Empires

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

16-19; 28-38

7: 1500 BCE: After the Cataclysm: Knossos and Karnak

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

60-73

8: Iron and the New World Order

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

98-112

9: 500 BCE: Persia and Greece

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

116-131

10: Fire, Water and Chariots

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

96-97; 408

11: Buddhism: Out of India

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

176-179; 238-241

12: Americas

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

52-54; 81-84; 88-92; 222-228

13: Rome Urbi et Orbi

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

154-164

14: The Pantheon and Petra

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

173-175; 194-205

15: Early Christian Architecture

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

249-256

16: Byzantium and Armenia

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

268-277

17: Early Islam: 800 CE

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

301-307

18: Early Hindu Architecture

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

244-245; 278-281; 340-347

19: Borobudur, Angkor Wat and S.E. Asia

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

314-316; 318-320; 392-397

20: Inner Asia and Beyond in the 13th Century

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

379–385; 402-406; 412-416

21: Monasteries and Cathedrals in Europe

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

324-325; 367-374; 417-425

22: Sienna and Florence in Perspective

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

426-427; 460-461

23: Renaissance Transition

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

462-474

24: The Colonial World

A Global History of Architecture, 2e

791-797