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

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

Alcock, Susan E.
Bodel, John
Talbert, Richard J. a.

Hardcover

Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories, Book 5

Literary CriticismTransportation General

Publisher Price: $162.25

ISBN10: 0470674253
ISBN13: 9780470674253
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: May 15 2012
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.41
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.70 Depth: 9.90
Language: English
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

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