Free Download Seagoing Ships and Seamanship in the Bronze Age Levant (Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series) by Shelley Wachsmann
English | December 17, 2008 | ISBN: 1603440801 | True EPUB | 448 pages | 139 MB
During the Bronze Age, the ancient societies that ringed the Mediterranean, once mostly separate and isolate, began to reach across the great expanse of sea to conduct trade, marking an age of immense cultural growth and technological development. These intersocietal lines of communication and paths for commerce relied on rigorous open-water travel. And, as a potential superhighway, the Mediterranean demanded much in the way of seafaring knowledge and innovative ship design if it were to be successfully navigated.