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<p><b>The first book-length overview of agricultural development in the ancient world</b><i> </i></p> <p><i>A Companion to Ancient Agriculture</i> is an authoritative overview of the history and development of agriculture in the ancient world. Focusing primarily on the Near East and Mediterranean regions, this unique text explores the cultivation of the soil and rearing of animals through centuries of human civilization--from the Neolithic beginnings of agriculture to Late Antiquity. Chapters written by the leading scholars in their fields present a multidisciplinary examination of the agricultural methods and influences that have enabled humans to survive and prosper. </p> <p>Consisting of thirty-one chapters, the <i>Companion</i> presents essays on a range of topics that include economic-political, anthropological, zooarchaeological, ethnobotanical, and archaeobotanical investigation of ancient agriculture. Chronologically-organized chapters offer in-depth discussions of agriculture in Bronze Age Egypt and Mesopotamia, Hellenistic Greece and Imperial Rome, Iran and Central Asia, and other regions. Sections on comparative agricultural history discuss agriculture in the Indian su

Who reads A Companion to Ancient Agriculture?

Author

David Hollander;Timothy Howe; & Timothy Howe

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781118970959

Category

nonfiction