The Ancient EngineersTraces the advancement of early invention and technology from the first recorded engineering project of early Egypt. |
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As houses grew larger , they took on the shape that ever since has been popular in southwestern Asia and the Mediterranean ... The outside of the house , except for the front door , presented a blank brick wall to the outer world .
As houses grew larger , they took on the shape that ever since has been popular in southwestern Asia and the Mediterranean ... The outside of the house , except for the front door , presented a blank brick wall to the outer world .
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These big modern - looking brick apartment houses , filling whole blocks , were called insulae or " islands . " Under the Principate , insulae became far commoner in Rome than private houses of the old domus type .
These big modern - looking brick apartment houses , filling whole blocks , were called insulae or " islands . " Under the Principate , insulae became far commoner in Rome than private houses of the old domus type .
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As I have told you , country houses in his time were evolving into a form with a central hall and a pair of wings , one of which was devoted to bathing chambers . Orata bought country houses , equipped them with balnae pensiles or ...
As I have told you , country houses in his time were evolving into a form with a central hall and a pair of wings , one of which was devoted to bathing chambers . Orata bought country houses , equipped them with balnae pensiles or ...
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One The Coming of the Engineers | 13 |
Two The Egyptian Engineers | 28 |
Three The Mesopotamian Engineers | 53 |
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Ancient Engineers |
| Autor | Lyon Sprague De Camp |
| Editor | Ballantine Books, 1963 |
| ISBN | 0345237838, 9780345237835 |
| Largo | 408 páginas |
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