Author: Susan E. Alcock
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118244303
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World reveals the significance and interconnectedness of early civilizations’ pathways. This international collection of readings providing a description and comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of transport and communication across pre-modern cultures. Offers a comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of overland transport and communication networks across pre-modern cultures Addresses the burgeoning interest in connectivity and globalization in ancient history, archaeology, anthropology, and recent work in network analysis Explores the societal, cultural, and religious implications of various transportation networks around the globe Includes contributions from an international team of scholars with expertise on pre-modern India, China, Japan, the Americas, North Africa, Europe, and the Near East Structured to encourage comparative thinking across case studies
Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World
Author: Susan E. Alcock
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118244303
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World reveals the significance and interconnectedness of early civilizations’ pathways. This international collection of readings providing a description and comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of transport and communication across pre-modern cultures. Offers a comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of overland transport and communication networks across pre-modern cultures Addresses the burgeoning interest in connectivity and globalization in ancient history, archaeology, anthropology, and recent work in network analysis Explores the societal, cultural, and religious implications of various transportation networks around the globe Includes contributions from an international team of scholars with expertise on pre-modern India, China, Japan, the Americas, North Africa, Europe, and the Near East Structured to encourage comparative thinking across case studies
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118244303
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World reveals the significance and interconnectedness of early civilizations’ pathways. This international collection of readings providing a description and comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of transport and communication across pre-modern cultures. Offers a comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of overland transport and communication networks across pre-modern cultures Addresses the burgeoning interest in connectivity and globalization in ancient history, archaeology, anthropology, and recent work in network analysis Explores the societal, cultural, and religious implications of various transportation networks around the globe Includes contributions from an international team of scholars with expertise on pre-modern India, China, Japan, the Americas, North Africa, Europe, and the Near East Structured to encourage comparative thinking across case studies
Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds
Author: Herbert Arthur Evans
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotswold Hills (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotswold Hills (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Highways and Byways in Surrey
Author: Eric Parker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Surrey (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Surrey (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways
Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426219059
Category : Automobile travel
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Describes the scenery, history, and points of interest along three hundred scenic routes across the United States
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426219059
Category : Automobile travel
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Describes the scenery, history, and points of interest along three hundred scenic routes across the United States
Highways and Byways in Lincolnshire
Author: Willingham Franklin Rawnsley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lincolnshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lincolnshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Highways and Byways in the Border
Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040826265
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040826265
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
Highways and Byways in Sussex
Author: Edward Verrall Lucas
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465543171
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 755
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465543171
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 755
Book Description
History of Mathematics: Highways and Byways
Author: Amy Dahan-Dalmedico
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470457466
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
A translation of the original 1986 French edition by Amy Dahan-Dalmedico and Jeanne Peiffer (both from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris), this eminently readable book places the birth and development of mathematical activity in historical, cultural, and economic context. The book offers an outstanding account, for instance, of how Arabs preserved Greek mathematics and extended it over an 800-year period, from 400-1200. The large number of illustrations supports the text and contributes to a fine read. - Publisher.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470457466
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
A translation of the original 1986 French edition by Amy Dahan-Dalmedico and Jeanne Peiffer (both from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris), this eminently readable book places the birth and development of mathematical activity in historical, cultural, and economic context. The book offers an outstanding account, for instance, of how Arabs preserved Greek mathematics and extended it over an 800-year period, from 400-1200. The large number of illustrations supports the text and contributes to a fine read. - Publisher.
Highways and Byways in Kent
Author: Walter Jerrold
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kent (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kent (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Highways and Byways in London
Author: Emily Constance Baird Cook
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Highways and Byways in London" by Emily Constance Baird Cook. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Highways and Byways in London" by Emily Constance Baird Cook. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.