Technology and Science in Ancient Civilizations

by Richard G. Olson

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? This work presents a cross-cultural comparison of the ways in which the ancients learned about and preserved their knowledge of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275989364
• ISBN13: 9780275989361
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.5"