Can I read Water Management in Ancient Civilizations on EtoBox?

Water Management in Ancient Civilizations by Jonas Berking is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Water Management in Ancient Civilizations about?

Water and its management is a necessity for every society and each individual. This book compiles ancient approaches to water management from different times, places, and perspectives. In antiquity, a great variety of techniques for how to store, deliver, and also lift water had evolved, especially during the Hellenistic and Roman times. This book examines the different governance structures, water management bodies, and relevant legislation that were developed to ensure that water was used and delivered in specific ways. These are explored utilizing examples from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Spain, and Italy. To prevent water from delivery problems, theft, and pollution, water was often conveyed via closed systems, which were sometimes subterranean in nature. Two respective closed system techniques are presented in this book: the Qanat-technology, with examples from the Iberian Peninsula, and the Roman Aqueduct, with an example from Sicily. Additionally, this book looks at how water has been used in societies as a way to display power, for leisure, to show technical hubris, or to simply harness its power, for example to document time passing, as was done via ancient water clocks. -

Who reads Water Management in Ancient Civilizations?

Author

Jonas Berking

Publisher

Edition Topoi / Exzellenzcluster Topoi der Freien Universität Berlin und der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9783981836967

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities