Thirst : water and power in the ancient world
| 1. Verfasser: |
Mithen, Steven J.
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Mithen, Sue
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
London :
Phoenix,
2012.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xvii, 347 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.). ; 20 cm. |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Thirst: for knowledge of the past and lessons for the future
- The water revolution: the origins of water management in the Levant, 1.5 million years ago to 700 BC
- 'The black fields became white/the broad plain was choked with salt': water management and the rise and fall of Sumerian civilisation, 5000-1600 BC
- 'Water is the best thing of all' - Pindar of Thebes, 476 BC: water management by the Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Ancient Greeks, 2100-146 BC
- A watery paradise in Petra: the Nabataeans, masters of the desert, 300 BC-AD 106
- Building rivers and taking baths: Rome and Constantinople, 400 BC-AD 800
- A million men with teaspoons: hydraulic engineering in ancient China, 900 BC-AD 907
- The hydraulic city: water management by the kings of Angkor, AD 802-1327
- Almost a civilisation: Hohokam irrigation in the American South-West, AD 1-1450
- Life and death of the water lily monster: water and the rise and fall of Mayan civilisation, 2000 BC-AD 1000
- Water poetry in the Sacred Valley: hydraulic engineering by the Incas, AD 1200-1572
- An unquenched thirst: for water and for knowledge of the past.
