Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Ancient & Classical
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781118244302 | |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | March 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781118244302 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | March 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World reveals the significance and interconnectedness of early civilizations’ pathways. This international collection of readings providing a description and comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of transport and communication across pre-modern cultures.
- Offers a comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of overland transport and communication networks across pre-modern cultures
- Addresses the burgeoning interest in connectivity and globalization in ancient history, archaeology, anthropology, and recent work in network analysis
- Explores the societal, cultural, and religious implications of various transportation networks around the globe
- Includes contributions from an international team of scholars with expertise on pre-modern India, China, Japan, the Americas, North Africa, Europe, and the Near East
- Structured to encourage comparative thinking across case studies
Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World reveals the significance and interconnectedness of early civilizations’ pathways. This international collection of readings providing a description and comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of transport and communication across pre-modern cultures.
- Offers a comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of overland transport and communication networks across pre-modern cultures
- Addresses the burgeoning interest in connectivity and globalization in ancient history, archaeology, anthropology, and recent work in network analysis
- Explores the societal, cultural, and religious implications of various transportation networks around the globe
- Includes contributions from an international team of scholars with expertise on pre-modern India, China, Japan, the Americas, North Africa, Europe, and the Near East
- Structured to encourage comparative thinking across case studies
