A cultural history of chemistry in antiquity / / edited by Marco Beretta.

"A Cultural History of Chemistry in Antiquity covers the period from 3000 BCE to 600 CE, ranging across the civilizations of the Mediterranean and Near East. Over this long period, chemical artisans, recipes, and ideas were exchanged between Mesopotamia, Egypt, Phoenicia, Greece, Rome, and Byza...

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Place / Publishing House:London : : Bloomsbury Publishing,, 2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 300 pages)
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