Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World
Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World

Author: Susan E. Alcock

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-03-20

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1118244303

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Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World reveals the significance and interconnectedness of early civilizations’ pathways. This international collection of readings providing a description and comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of transport and communication across pre-modern cultures. Offers a comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of overland transport and communication networks across pre-modern cultures Addresses the burgeoning interest in connectivity and globalization in ancient history, archaeology, anthropology, and recent work in network analysis Explores the societal, cultural, and religious implications of various transportation networks around the globe Includes contributions from an international team of scholars with expertise on pre-modern India, China, Japan, the Americas, North Africa, Europe, and the Near East Structured to encourage comparative thinking across case studies

Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways
Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways

Author: National Geographic

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 1426219059

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Describes the scenery, history, and points of interest along three hundred scenic routes across the United States

History of Mathematics: Highways and Byways
History of Mathematics: Highways and Byways

Author: Amy Dahan-Dalmedico

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2020-08-03

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1470457466

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A translation of the original 1986 French edition by Amy Dahan-Dalmedico and Jeanne Peiffer (both from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris), this eminently readable book places the birth and development of mathematical activity in historical, cultural, and economic context. The book offers an outstanding account, for instance, of how Arabs preserved Greek mathematics and extended it over an 800-year period, from 400-1200. The large number of illustrations supports the text and contributes to a fine read. - Publisher.

Highways, Byways & Beyond
Highways, Byways & Beyond

Author: Marjorie 'dapoet' Walters

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13:

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This book shares Marjorie Walter's commentary on some of the personal, social, and economic issues she has experienced growing up and living in poverty-stricken communities in Jamaica.Many of her poems highlight the daily struggle of Jamaican people. Murder, Roses for the Victim, and Pickney on Fire are a few of the poems that deal with the increasingly disturbing issues of crime and violence, police brutality, incest, abuse and a number of other crippling problems experienced by people living in low income communities.She also shares quite a few love poems that brings focus to the game of courtship between couples. Check out Ghetto Love, Gangster Love vs. Thug Love, The Call Before Dawn and many others.