Ancient Irrigation Systems in the Aral Sea Area, is the English translation of Boris Vasilevich Andrianov's work, Drevnie orositelnye sistemy priaralya, concerning the study of ancient irrigation systems and the settlement pattern in the historical region of Khorezm, south of th…
"This groundbreaking study traces the development of Roman architecture and its sculpture from the earliest days to the middle of the 5th century BCE. Existing narratives cast the Greeks as the progenitors of classical art and architecture or rely on historical sources dating ce…
"Chapter 1 Introduction "There are two liquids most pleasing to human bodies: inside-wine, outside-oil." -Pliny (23-79 CE), Natural History XIV, 29.150 "It is evident that the country now called Hellas had in ancient times no settled population ... without commerce, without free…
"In this book, Catherine E. Pratt explores how oil and wine became increasingly entangled in Greek culture, from the Late Bronze Age to the Archaic period. Using ceramic, architectural, and archaeobotanical data, she argues that Bronze Age exchange practices initiated a strong n…
"Chapter 1 Introduction "There are two liquids most pleasing to human bodies: inside-wine, outside-oil." -Pliny (23-79 CE), Natural History XIV, 29.150 "It is evident that the country now called Hellas had in ancient times no settled population ... without commerce, without free…
"In this book, Catherine E. Pratt explores how oil and wine became increasingly entangled in Greek culture, from the Late Bronze Age to the Archaic period. Using ceramic, architectural, and archaeobotanical data, she argues that Bronze Age exchange practices initiated a strong n…
"Chapter 1 Introduction "There are two liquids most pleasing to human bodies: inside-wine, outside-oil."--Pliny (23-79 CE), Natural History XIV, 29.150 "It is evident that the country now called Hellas had in ancient times no settled population ... without commerce, without free…
This book highlights new and innovative approaches to archaeological research using computational modeling while focusing on the Neolithic transition around the world. The transformative effect of the spread and adoption of agriculture in prehistory cannot be overstated. Consequ…
This book highlights new and innovative approaches to archaeological research using computational modeling while focusing on the Neolithic transition around the world. The transformative effect of the spread and adoption of agriculture in prehistory cannot be overstated. Consequ…
The Cambridge world history
"The development of agriculture has often been described as the most important change in all of human history. Volume II of 'The Cambridge World History' explores the origins and impact of agriculture and agricultural communities, and also discusses issues associated with pastor…
The development of agriculture has often been described as the most important change in all of human history. Volume 2 of the Cambridge World History series explores the origins and impact of agriculture and agricultural communities, and also discusses issues associated with pas…
The agrarian sociology of ancient civilizations
by Weber, Max
fromVerso world history series
Max Weber, widely recognized as the greatest of the founders of classical sociology, is often associated with the development of capitalism in Western Europe and the analysis of modernity. But he also had a profound scholarly interest in ancient societies and the Near East, and …
