Robin Derricourt

Five Innovations That Changed Human History

Transitions and Impacts

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on both historical sources and archaeological discoveries, this book explores the origins and earliest development of five major achievements in our deep history, and their impacts on human lives. The topics presented are the taming and control of fire, horse domestication, writing, printing, and the revolution of wireless communication.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9781009523370
• ISBN-10: 1009523376
• Artikelnr.: 70892129

Autorenporträt

Robin Derricourt is an honorary professor of history at the University of New South Wales and a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. His previous books in archaeology and history include Inventing Africa, Antiquity Imagined, Creating God: The Birth and Growth of Major Religions, and Unearthing Childhood: Young Lives in Prehistory, which won the 2019 PROSE Award in Ancient History and Archaeology.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
1. Introduction: transitions and impacts
2. Taming fire
3. Domesticating horses
4. Developing writing
5. Inventing printing
6. Communicating wirelessly
7. Innovation, progress and presentism
Notes
Further reading
Index.