Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. The Spatial Turn and Political Landscapes of Capital Cities 3
7. Akhenaten’s Amarna in New Kingdom Egypt 25
8. “Memorials of the Ability of Them All” 65
9. The Relational Spiritual Geopolitics of Constantinople, the Capital of the Byzantine Empire 97
10. Beyond the Ashes 155
11. Monumental Perceptions of the Tiwanaku Landscape 181
12. The Inka Capital Cusco as the Model of an Imperial Cultural Landscape 213
13. Making Landfall 249
14. Provincial Capital vs. Peasant Capital 287
15. La Parola al Piccone 319
16. Tehran 347
17. Ontological Relations and the Spatial Politics of Capital Cities 377
18. Contributors 391
19. Index 393