The Camel and the Wheel by Richard W. Bulliet

The Camel and the Wheel

Richard W. Bulliet

327 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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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 h...

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