The Ancient EngineersBallantine Books, 1974 - 450 páginas Traces the advancement of early invention and technology from the first recorded engineering project of early Egypt. |
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... land went back to desert and swamp . Subsequently plundered by Arabs , Turks , and Kurds , the region was almost depopulated , as happened to many other lands in ancient times as the result of barbarian raids and conquests . Iraq never ...
... land went back to desert and swamp . Subsequently plundered by Arabs , Turks , and Kurds , the region was almost depopulated , as happened to many other lands in ancient times as the result of barbarian raids and conquests . Iraq never ...
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... land - reclamation project was taking shape . The Netherlands is a flatland as innocent of stone as Babylonia . Much of it is below sea level , at least at high tide . The coastal region was originally a tangle of marshes , shallow ...
... land - reclamation project was taking shape . The Netherlands is a flatland as innocent of stone as Babylonia . Much of it is below sea level , at least at high tide . The coastal region was originally a tangle of marshes , shallow ...
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... land - reclamation became especially active after 1400 , when the Dutch applied windmill - driven pumps to the task . One patch of sub - sea land after another was surrounded by dykes and pumped out , creating what the Dutch call ...
... land - reclamation became especially active after 1400 , when the Dutch applied windmill - driven pumps to the task . One patch of sub - sea land after another was surrounded by dykes and pumped out , creating what the Dutch call ...
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One The Coming of the Engineers | 1 |
Two The Egyptian Engineers | 18 |
Three The Mesopotamian Engineers | 46 |
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