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Auteur(s) : Mithen, Steven J. (1960-....)
Mithen, Sue
Titre(s) : Thirst [Texte imprimé] : water and power in the ancient world / Steven Mithen with Sue Mithen
Publication : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012
Description matérielle : xvii, 347 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm
Comprend : 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, 2100-146 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-338) and index
Sujet(s) : Gestion des ressources en eau -- Antiquité
Eau -- Politique publique -- Antiquité
Hydrologie urbaine -- Antiquité
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674066939 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0674066936 (cloth) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb436220077
Notice n° :
FRBNF43622007
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