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Why, for many centuries, was the wheel abandoned in the Middle East in favor of the camel as a means of transport? This richly illustrated study explains this anomaly. Drawing on archaeology, art, technology, anthropology, linguistics, and camel husbandry, Bulliet explores the implications for the region's economic and social development during the Middle Ages and into modern times. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Spanning millennia from the domestication of the camel (perhaps in the third millenium BC) to the 20C, the Old World from Morocco to Mongolia, with an excursus to Australia were camels were introduced in the 19C, and disciplines from veterinary medicine to philology, the book gives the impression of being the work of a gentleman scholar, unconcerned with academic boundaries and happily citing the memoranda of colonial officers next to scientific papers and the Bible. One may at times find his conclusions shakily supported, and wonder about the representativeness of anecdotes, but the camel ride is certainly wild, scenic, and thought-provoking.