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Author : Henry Hodges
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 43,64 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Ancient world
ISBN : 9780880298933
Author : John William Humphrey
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,96 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313327636
Describes physical, ideological, and linguistic inventions of the ancient Mediterranean societies.
Author : Richard Olson
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,80 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0275989364
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.
Author : Ann Hosein
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 29,89 MB
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1508100381
Readers may not think of technology as being from the ancient world, but advances in agriculture, weaponry, art, and food preparation have influenced the development of both human history and the physical development of humans themselves, as well as human migration all over the world. Using photographs, this book thoroughly examines the earliest human technologies, including irrigation, metal work, and ancient artillery, to show readers just how technologically advanced ancient cultures were and to show how human history began to develop because of each of the advancements.
Author : Graham Faiella
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 44,70 MB
Release : 2006-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781404205604
Describes the technology used in Mesopotamia to improve agriculture, construction, transportation, writing, and mathematics.
Author : John Peter Oleson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 14,82 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0199734852
Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to engineering and technology. This text highlights the accomplishments of the ancient societies, the research problems, and stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology.
Author : Michael Woods
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 27,19 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761365230
Examines the machines created by ancient cultures.
Author : David Deming
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 39,79 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0786456574
Science is a living, organic activity, the meaning and understanding of which have evolved incrementally over human history. This book, the first in a roughly chronological series, explores the development of the methodology and major ideas of science, in historical context, from ancient times to the decline of classical civilizations around 300 A.D. It includes details specific to the histories of specialized sciences including astronomy, medicine and physics--along with Roman engineering and Greek philosophy. It closely describes the contributions of such individuals as Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Euclid, Archimedes, Ptolemy, Seneca, Pliny the Elder, and Galen.
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Page : pages
File Size : 35,8 MB
Release : 2011
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ISBN : 9781451706543
Author : W. Bernard Carlson
Publisher :
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Technology and civilization
ISBN : 9780195218220
From the invention of the wheel to the mapping of the genome, technology has always been deeply intertwined with the course of human history. Now, this fascinating set explores the role technology has played in eighteen separate cultures in world history, and reveals the many ways people use technology to control their environment, express religious values, deploy political power, confer social status, and afford themselves varying degrees of pleasure, comfort, and security. Whether focusing on Egyptian pyramids or medieval cathedrals, the Mayan astronomical calendar or the internet, Technology in World History illuminates the amazing array of technologies that humans have developed to shape and give meaning to their lives.