000322299 000__ 02310cam\a22003134a\4500 000322299 001__ 322299 000322299 005__ 20210513120108.0 000322299 008__ 040108s2004\\\\enka\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000322299 010__ $$a 2004100250 000322299 019__ $$a56646060$$a59266486 000322299 020__ $$a9780500051306 000322299 020__ $$a0500051305 000322299 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm56975153 000322299 035__ $$a322299 000322299 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dRNL$$dUKM$$dSRB$$dBAKER$$dVP@$$dNLGGC$$dYDXCP$$dOCLCQ$$dBTCTA$$dXY4 000322299 042__ $$apcc 000322299 049__ $$aISEA 000322299 05000 $$aT16$$b.S39 2004 000322299 08200 $$a609.3$$222 000322299 24504 $$aThe seventy great inventions of the ancient world /$$cedited by Brian M. Fagan. 000322299 2463_ $$a70 great inventions of the ancient world 000322299 260__ $$aLondon :$$bThames & Hudson,$$c2004. 000322299 300__ $$a304 p. :$$bill. (chiefly col.) ;$$c27 cm. 000322299 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-296) and index. 000322299 520__ $$aStone 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 innovations--some 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. 000322299 650_0 $$aInventions$$xHistory. 000322299 650_0 $$aTechnology$$xHistory. 000322299 7001_ $$aFagan, Brian M. 000322299 85200 $$bgen$$hT16$$i.S39$$i2004 000322299 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:322299$$pGLOBAL_SET 000322299 980__ $$aBIB 000322299 980__ $$aBOOK 000322299 994__ $$aC0$$bISE