A Rochester Institute of Technology researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization. In an article recently featured in ...
NMAI copy 39088007823347 has bookplate: In honor of Suzanne Ripley. AIMMRC copy 39088014427520 is a gift of Jane Safer. I. Prologue: Some problems posed ; Geography and environment ; Language and ...
Pt. 1. The price of food. The three gorges dam -- chapter 1. Fairs: the food trade -- chapter 2. Larders: what do you do with ten thousand tons of grain? -- chapter 3. Farms: growing food for profit ...
Embark on a journey through time as we delve into the world’s most captivating ‘lost cities’. These ancient metropolises offer a unique window into past civilizations and cultures, their stories ...
Dive deep into the Kardashev Scale, an innovative framework that measures a civilization’s technological advancement based on its energy consumption. The scale ranges from Type 1 to Type 7 ...
Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilization, with thousands of years of history at ...
As a lifelong academic and university denizen, I am chagrined that only this year I learned that Al Qarawiyyin, founded in 859 CE in Fes, is the world’s oldest continuously running university. Just as ...