An illustrated introduction to the technology of ancient Greece, including tools for agriculture, indoor plumbing, construction methods, shipbuilding, medicine, and more.
Explores the technology employed by the people of ancient Greece. Discusses how the Greeks constructed everything from roads to aqueducts and reveals how elements of their technological advances continue to shape our world. Includes color photographs and a glossary.
Readers will be introduced to Greek innovations from the civilization's earliest days through the Bronze and Iron Ages. Photographs of artifacts will draw in readers and excite their imaginations.
Readers will learn how Greeks used everything at their disposal, such as the sea, minerals in the earth, and fertile farmland, to flourish as a civilization. The concept of a society's relationship to its land and resources is covered in depth.
Readers will discover that Greece's trading was so influential that its pottery has been discovered in many different areas of the world. Exemplifying how an ancient civilization still holds great importance to this day.
