Camel and the Wheel

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.

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Richard Bulliet

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: R. Bulliet, Richard Bulliet, Richard W. Bulliet
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.1990
• EAN: 9780231072359
• ISBN: 978-0-231-07235-9
• No. of pages: 327
• Series: Morningside Books
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; USA, NATURE / Animals / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Farm & working animals, United States of America, USA, Sociology & anthropology, Animal Husbandry, Farm and working animals: general interest, Sociology and anthropology