Technology and Science in Ancient Civilizations
Publisher: Praeger | edition 2009 | PDF | 262 pages | 1,6 mb
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?
