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The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World - Fagen (Hardcover, 2004)
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A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “Like new large hardcover, clean and pages unmarked”
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Personalized
- No
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9780500051306
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
ISBN-10
0500051305
ISBN-13
9780500051306
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30776649
Product Key Features
Book Title
Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Archaeology, Ancient / General, Inventions
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
10.6 in
Item Width
8.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-100250
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
609
Synopsis
A latest installment of the popular series is a survey of early human innovations from tools and cooking utensils to early transportation vehicles and contraceptives, in an illustrated history that features hundreds of photographs and specially commissioned diagrams, reconstructions, and plans., Stone choppers, eyed needles, camel saddles, chariots, and contraceptives: the past is paved with remarkable inventions. The latest book in this popular series takes us on an eye-opening and unusual journey through early human innovationsusome fundamental and others intriguing or bizarre. An international team of scientists, archaeologists, and historians reveals seventy of the most extraordinary inventions, from two-and-a-half million years ago up to the early medieval period. The book begins with the basic technologies of stone, fire, woodworking, ceramics, metallurgy, glass, and weaving. We watch Stone Age flint-knappers at work and look over the shoulders of early metalworkers as they fabricate glittering ornaments in copper and gold. Some of the most fundamental questions of the past are addressed. How and where did agriculture evolve? How did Romans and others heat and plumb their dwellings? What roles did cooking, food preservation, and fermentation play in the development of ancient cuisine? How did the wheel and cart change human life? When did the first roads appear, and when did long-distance seafaring begin? Later sections look at the origins of hunting, war and sport, art and science, and personal adornment. Weapons of war evolved from spears, bows, and arrows to swords, shields, catapults, and crossbows. The book examines the earliest human art traditions - body painting and tattooing - and traces the beginning of writing, the early use of codes and ciphers, and the origins of calendars and astronomy.
LC Classification Number
T16
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