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Language: English
Published by Ballantine Books, 1994
- Hardcover
- Used
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- Title
- Ancient Inventions
- Author
- Peter James; Nick Thorpe
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0345364767
- ISBN 13
- 9780345364760
- Item weight
- 2.4 pounds
A guide to ancient accomplishments and inventions unearths the origins of modern creations including computers in ancient Greece, a postal service in medieval Baghdad, and plastic surgery in India in the first century B.C. 30,000 first printing.
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From the Inside Flap
team engines to Roman fire engines . . . Aztec chewing gum to Etruscan false teeth . . . earthquake detectors in China to electric batteries in Iraq . . . stone-age brain surgery to middle-age hand grenades . . . here's a lively and fascinating look at the genuine wonders of the past.
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