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Remarks on Samarra and the archaeology of large cities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2015
Abstract
Samarra, built and abandoned during the ninth century, can claim to be the largest archaeological site in the world. Here, Alastair Northedge offers a brief account of what is known about it, and begins by placing it in the context of the world’s most famous historic cities.
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