Highways, Byways, And Road Systems In The Pre-Modern World

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Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World reveals the significance and interconnectedness of early civilizations’ pathways with this international collection of readings providing a description and comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of transport and communication across pre-modern cultures. • Speaks to developing interests 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

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ISBN:: 9781118244326
Category:: General
Format:: Other digital
Publication Date:: 2012-05-08
Series:: Ancient World: Comparative Histories
Publisher:: John Wiley & Sons, Incorpo
Country of origin:: USA
Pages:: 272
Weight:: 666g

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