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Author:

Mithen, Steven J.

Title:

Thirst : water and power in the ancient world / Steven Mithen with Sue Mithen.

Edition:

1st Harvard University Press ed.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xvii, 347 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Water-supply--History.
Water use--History.
Water consumption--History.
Civilization, Ancient.

Other Authors:

Mithen, Sue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Thirst: For knowledge of the past and lessons for the future -- The water revolution: The origins of water management in the Levant, 1.5 million years ago to 700 BC -- 'The black fields became white/the broad plain was choked with salt': Water management and the rise and fall of Sumerian civilisation, 5000-1600 BC -- 'Water is the best thing of all' - Pindar of Thebes, 476 BC: Water management by the Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Ancient Greeks, 1800-146 BC -- A watery paradise in Petra: The Nabataeans, masters of the desert, 300 BC-AD 106 -- Building rivers and taking baths: Rome and Constantinople, 400 BC-AD 800 -- A million men with teaspoons: Hydraulic engineering in Ancient China, 900 BC-AD 907 -- The hydraulic city: Water management by the kings of Angkor, AD 802-1327 -- Almost a civilisation: Hohokam irrigation in the American South-West, AD 1-1450 -- Life and death of the water lily monster: Water and the rise and fall of Mayan civilisation, 2000 BC-AD 1000 -- Water poetry in the Sacred Valley: Hydraulic engineering by the Incas, AD 1200-1572 -- An unquenched thirst: For water and for knowledge of the past.

ISBN:

0674066936 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780674066939 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)792887065

LCCN:

2012027504

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)