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The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World
Contemporary Review, Jan, 2005
The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World. Brian M. Fagan, editor. Thames & Hudson. [pounds sterling]24.95. 304 pages. ISBN 0p-500-05130-5. The term, 'ancient world' here means 'all periods of human history and all parts of the world' before AD 500. The 70 inventions chosen reflect 'the diversity of innovations that have changed human history'.
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They are grouped into six: technologies (the use of stone, fire, wood and bone to make clay or cloth or ploughs); shelter and subsistence (house building which led to heating, plumbing and artificial light); transportation (boats, domesticated animals and most importantly, wheels); art and science (music, writing, astronomy, medicine); and finally, 'adorning the person' (tattoos, jewellery, clothing and bodily needs such as contraception). The 554 illustrations (of which 484 are in colour) enhance the text and enrich what is an entrancing story of man's development choc a bloc with bits of information: chocolate goes back at least 2,600 years; tea only goes back to between 206 BC and AD 220 but folding beds were used in Egypt in 1400 BC and on it goes for 304 fascinating pages. (R.R.P.)
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