Technology in the Ancient World |
Contents
How We Know What We Do About Pre | 3 |
The | 21 |
The Spread of Farming and the Emergence | 53 |
Of Monuments Ships Metallurgy and Military | 90 |
Of Chariots Seagoing Ships and the Expansion of Trade | 134 |
Of Greeks and Roads and Riding Horses 1000300 B C | 168 |
The Late Greek and Roman Engineers and Their | 208 |
The Barbarians of Northern Europe India China | 242 |
Bibliographical Note | 285 |
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