Five Innovations That Changed Human History - Transitions and Impacts

Drawing on both historical sources and archaeological discoveries, this book explores the origins and earliest development of five major achievements in our deep history, and their impacts on human lives. The topics presented are the taming and control of fire, horse domestication, writing, printing, and the revolution of wireless communication.

List of contents

List of illustrations; 1. Introduction: transitions and impacts; 2. Taming fire; 3. Domesticating horses; 4. Developing writing; 5. Inventing printing; 6. Communicating wirelessly; 7. Innovation, progress and presentism; Notes; Further reading; Index.

About the author

Robin Derricourt is an honorary professor of history at the University of New South Wales and a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. His previous books in archaeology and history include Inventing Africa, Antiquity Imagined, Creating God: The Birth and Growth of Major Religions, and Unearthing Childhood: Young Lives in Prehistory, which won the 2019 PROSE Award in Ancient History and Archaeology.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Derricourt, Robin (University of New South Wales Derricourt
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2024
• EAN: 9781009523394
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0952339-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, General & world history, History of Science, Archaeology by period / region, General and world history, Environmental archaeology, Industrial archaeology