· Scientists project that by , freshwater shortages will affect 75 percent of the global population. Steven Mithen puts our current crisis in historical context by exploring 10, years of humankind’s management of water. Thirst offers cautionary tales of civilizations defeated by the challenges of water control, as well as inspirational stories about how technological ingenuity has Released on: Novem. · “In his often riveting Thirst: Water and Power in the Ancient World, Steven Mithen—a prehistorian—briefly describes this source of contemporary worry, and then describes in detail how ancient civilizations, from China and Cambodia to the Middle East, Arizona, Mayan Central America, and Incan Peru, managed their water supplies and thus made arid land inhabitable Mithen expounds. Freshwater shortages will affect 75% of the world’s population by Mithen puts this crisis into context by exploring 10, years of water management. Thirst tells of civilizations defeated by the water challenge, and of technological ingenuity that sustained communities in hostile environments. Work with nature, not against it, he www.doorway.ru: Harvard University Press.
Lee "Thirst Water and Power in the Ancient World" por Steven Mithen disponible en Rakuten Kobo. Freshwater shortages will affect 75% of the world's population by Mithen puts this crisis into context by explorin. In his often riveting Thirst: Water and Power in the Ancient World, Steven Mithen--a prehistorian--briefly describes this source of contemporary worry, and then describes in detail how ancient civilizations, from China and Cambodia to the Middle East, Arizona, Mayan Central America, and Incan Peru, managed their water supplies and thus made arid land inhabitable. 图书Thirst 介绍、书评、论坛及推荐. A new threshold in hydraulic engineering was passed in Jerusalem in he year of BC, or sometime very close to that, by the construction of Siloam's Tunnel: 44 This is a metre-long curving tunnel, constructed to carry water from the Gihon Spring, located outside the city wall, to the Pool of Siloam within the city.
Freshwater shortages will affect 75% of the world's population by Mithen puts this crisis into context by exploring 10, years of water management. Thirst tells of civilizations defeated by the water challenge, and of technological ingenuity that sustained communities in hostile environments. In this book, Steven Mithen examines the history of water management in the ancient Levant, Sumer, Greece, Petra, Rome, Constantinople, China, Angkor, the Hohokam, Mayan civilization, and the Incas. His aim is to determine what present societies can learn from the past by examining how past societies and ancient civilizations have been affected by climate change and how they managed their water supplies and developed hydraulic engineering to do this. Steven Mithen puts our current crisis in historical context by exploring 10, years of humankind’s management of water. Thirst offers cautionary tales of civilizations defeated by the challenges of water control, as well as inspirational stories about how technological ingenuity has sustained communities in hostile environments.
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