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082 _bF151-B85
100 _aFagan, Brian M.
100 _eEditor
245 _aThe Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World
245 _cBrian M. Fagan, Brian M. Fagan, Anthony F. Aveni, ...
260 _aU.S.A.
260 _bThames & Hudson
260 _c2004
300 _a304tr.
300 _bhardcover, color illustrations, color photographs
300 _c27 cm
520 _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...
650 _aWorld History
650 _aCivilization
650 _aSocial sciences
856 4 _uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16502/2.jpg
_yCover Image
911 _aNguyễn Thị Kim Phượng
957 _a250414TBN
999 _c16353
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