Written for the general reader, this book looks at the ancient inventions that have helped shape our everyday lives. The development of mankind's technology is traced from its origins to the end of the period of Roman domination. The book examines the inventions of agriculture, navigation and overland transportation, the inventions of city construction, water works, war, domestic life and luxury.
- ISBN10 0880298936
- ISBN13 9780880298933
- Publish Date September 1994 (first published 28 October 1971)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 October 1996
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Barnes and Noble
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 311
- Language English