Thirst : : Water and Power in the Ancient World /

Thirst : : Water and Power in the Ancient World / / Steven Mithen.

Water is an endangered resource, imperiled by population growth, mega-urbanization, and climate change. Scientists project that by 2050, freshwater shortages will affect 75 percent of the global population. Steven Mithen puts our current crisis in historical context by exploring 10,000 years of huma...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Mithen, Steven,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (381 p.) :; 47 color illustrations, 17 line illustrations, 1 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • 1 THIRST
  • 2 THE WATER REVOLUTION
  • 3 ‘THE BLACK FIELDS BECAME WHITE / THE BROAD PLAIN WAS CHOKED WITH SALT’
  • 4 ‘WATER IS THE BEST THING OF ALL’ – PINDAR OF THEBES 476 BC
  • 5 A WATERY PARADISE IN PETRA
  • 6 BUILDING RIVERS AND TAKING BATHS
  • 7 A MILLION MEN WITH TEASPOONS
  • 8 THE HYDRAULIC CITY
  • 9 ALMOST A CIVILISATION
  • 10 LIFE AND DEATH OF THE WATER LILY MONSTER
  • 11 WATER POETRY IN THE SACRED VALLEY
  • 12 AN UNQUENCHED THIRST
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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