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- Book Title
- Technology and Science in Ancient Civilizations
- Publication Name
- Technology and Science in Ancient Civilizations
- Title
- Technology and Science in Ancient Civilizations
- Contributor
- Richard G. Olson (Edited by)
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0275989364
- EAN
- 9780275989361
- ISBN
- 9780275989361
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Ancient History
- Release Year
- 2009
- Release Date
- 21/12/2009
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Item Weight
- 20 Oz
- Series
- Praeger Series on the Ancient World Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Number of Pages
- 276 Pages
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Why did the Greeks excel in geometry, but lag begin the Mesopotamians in arithmetic? How were the great pyramids of Egypt and the Han tombs in China constructed? What did the complex system of canals and dykes in the Tigris and Euphrates river valley have to do with the deforestation of Lebanon's famed cedar forests? This work presents a cross-cultural comparison of the ways in which the ancients learned about and preserved their knowledge of the natural world, and the ways in which they developed technologies that enabled them to adapt to and shape their surroundings. Covering the major ancient civilizations - those of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Greece, the Indus Valley, and Meso-America - Olson explores how language and numbering systems influenced the social structure, how seemingly beneficial construction projects affected a civilization's rise or decline, how religion and magic shaped both medicine and agriculture, and how trade and the resulting cultural interactions transformed the making of both everyday household items and items intended as art. Along the way, Olson delves into how scientific knowledge and its technological applications changed the daily lives of the ancients.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0275989364
ISBN-13
9780275989361
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73207380
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Technology and Science in Ancient Civilizations
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Series
Praeger Series on the Ancient World Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
276 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Cb311o46 2010
Table of Content
List of Figures Series Foreword by Bella Vivante Acknowledgments 1. On Definitions, Approaches, and Periodization 2. Technologies of Computation: Mathematics and Measurement 3. Technologies of Communication: Written Language, Educational Institutions, and the Character of Natural Knowledge 4. From Technologies of Divination to the Science of Astronomy 5. Calendars, Time Keeping, and the Increasing Complexity of Astronomy 6. Empirical and Religious Medical Practices 7. Philosophical Medicine, Cosmology, and Natural Philosophy 8. Construction Technologies: Materials, Tools, and Fixed Structures 9. Producing and Processing Food and Clothing 10. Minerals, Metals, Pigments, Glazes, and the Origins of Alchemy Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2010
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Civilization, Historiography, Ancient / General, Social Aspects, History
Lccn
2009-037031
Dewey Decimal
930.1
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science, History
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