Ancient Agricultural Technology: From Sickles to Plows

by Michael Woods

Book Overview

Ancient Romans invented a machine to harvest grain? Farmers in ancient China destroyed the pests that harmed crops by bringing in their natural predators? the ancient Mayans restored nutrients to the soil by planting corn and beans together? Learn how ancient agriculture set the stage for our own modern agriculture technology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761365265
• ISBN13: 9780761365266
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10