Ancient Inventions
- ISBN-10
- 0345401026
- ISBN-13
- 9780345401021
- Series
- Ancient Inventions
- Category
- Reference
- Pages
- 672
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Random House Digital, Inc.
- Authors
- Nick Thorpe, Peter J. James, I. J. Thorpe
Description
A guide to ancient accomplishments and inventions unearths the origins of modern creations, including computers in ancient Greece, plastic surgery in India in the first century B.C., and a postal service in medieval Baghdad
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