Four Lost Cities
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Yasovarman, 162–64, 185, 197
Yoffee, Norman, 238
Zhou Daguan, 146, 161, 163, 171, 177, 194
ziggurats, 33
ALSO BY ANNALEE NEWITZ
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Scatter, Adapt, and Remember:
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Copyright © 2021 by Annalee Newitz
Parts of sections 3 and 4 first appeared, in a different form, in Ars Technica.
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Title: Four lost cities : a secret history of the urban age / Annalee Newitz.
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Description: First edition. | New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subjects: LCSH: Extinct cities. | Çatal Mound (Turkey) | Pompeii (Extinct city) | Angkor (Extinct city) | Cahokia (Ill.)—Antiquities.
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