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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... roads were also extended into the provinces . Trajan built a road in Arabia , from Aqabah to Bostra , which was not ... roads of a sort . But these were mere tracks , maintained only to the extent of cutting down bushes and trees that ...
... roads were also extended into the provinces . Trajan built a road in Arabia , from Aqabah to Bostra , which was not ... roads of a sort . But these were mere tracks , maintained only to the extent of cutting down bushes and trees that ...
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... roads , with or without their original pav- ing ; roads , sometimes lightly paved , built under orders of kings and nobles ; and supplementary tracks across the land , wide enough only for a single man or beast . In wet weather , unpaved ...
... roads , with or without their original pav- ing ; roads , sometimes lightly paved , built under orders of kings and nobles ; and supplementary tracks across the land , wide enough only for a single man or beast . In wet weather , unpaved ...
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... road work . But , as fast as the roads were slightly improved , the increase of traffic tore them to pieces again . As the kings were never willing or able to build really heavy paved roads of the Roman type , their roads began to ...
... road work . But , as fast as the roads were slightly improved , the increase of traffic tore them to pieces again . As the kings were never willing or able to build really heavy paved roads of the Roman type , their roads began to ...
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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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