Contents

List of Illustrations

Picture Credits

Acknowledgements

Time-Chart

Preface

1.    Egyptian Gardens

2.    Gardens of Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East

3.    Gardens of the Greek Bronze Age: Minoan and Mycenaean Cultures

4.    Greek Gardens and Groves of the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Periods

5.    Etruscan Gardens

6.    Roman Gardens

7.    Byzantine Gardens

8.    Islamic and Persian Gardens

9.    Medieval Gardens

10.    Conclusions

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