01710nam a2200325 a 450000500170000000800200001702000180003704100080005508200080006308200130007110000200008410000110010424500540011524500580016926000110022726000200023826000090025830000110026730000540027830000100033252007830034265000180112565000170114365000200116085600650118091100380124595700140128399900170129795200700131420260119071614.02025-06-18 10:35:24  a9780500051306  aeng  a609  bF151-B85  aFagan, Brian M.  eEditor  aThe Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World  cBrian M. Fagan, Brian M. Fagan, Anthony F. Aveni, ...  aU.S.A.  bThames & Hudson  c2004  a304tr.  bhardcover, color illustrations, color photographs  c27 cm  aThe book begins with the basic technologies of stone, fire, woodworking, ceramics, metallurgy, glass, and weaving. We watch Stone Age flint-knappers at work and look over the shoulders of early metalworkers as they fabricate glittering ornaments in copper and gold. Some of the most fundamental questions of the past are addressed. How and where did agriculture evolve? ... Later sections look at the origins of hunting, war and sport, art and science, and personal adornment. Weapons of war evolved from spears, bows, and arrows to swords, shields, catapults, and crossbows. The book examines the earliest human art traditions - body painting and tattooing - and traces the beginning of writing, the early use of codes and ciphers, and the origins of calendars and astronomy...  aWorld History  aCivilization  aSocial sciences4 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16502/2.jpgyCover Image  aNguyễn Thị Kim Phượng  a250414TBN  c16353d16353  00104070aTVCDbTVCDd2026-01-20g0.00l0pTVCD-16353v0.00yBK