The Resource Ancient agricultural technology: : from sickles to plows
Ancient agricultural technology: : from sickles to plows
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The item Ancient agricultural technology: : from sickles to plows represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Ancient agricultural technology: : from sickles to plows represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- Did you know . . . - Ancient Romans invented a machine to harvest grain? - Farmers in ancient China destroyed the pests that harmed crops by bringing in their natural predators? - The ancient Mayans restored nutrients to the soil by planting corn and beans together? People learned to farm more than twelve thousand years ago. The first farmers used simple technology. They carried water to their crops by hand. They made farm tools from wood and animal bones. Over the centuries, ancient farmers devised better technology. Ancient Middle Easterners learned to breed sheep to produce different colors of wool. The ancient Chinese learned how to grow more rice using irrigation techniques. The ancient Greeks built machines for pumping water, grinding grain, and crushing grapes and olives. What kinds of crops did ancient farmers grow? What kind of animals did they raise? And how did people get their food before agriculture? Learn more in Ancient Agricultural Technology
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Isbn
- 9780761372691
- Label
- Ancient agricultural technology: : from sickles to plows
- Title
- Ancient agricultural technology:
- Title remainder
- from sickles to plows
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Did you know . . . - Ancient Romans invented a machine to harvest grain? - Farmers in ancient China destroyed the pests that harmed crops by bringing in their natural predators? - The ancient Mayans restored nutrients to the soil by planting corn and beans together? People learned to farm more than twelve thousand years ago. The first farmers used simple technology. They carried water to their crops by hand. They made farm tools from wood and animal bones. Over the centuries, ancient farmers devised better technology. Ancient Middle Easterners learned to breed sheep to produce different colors of wool. The ancient Chinese learned how to grow more rice using irrigation techniques. The ancient Greeks built machines for pumping water, grinding grain, and crushing grapes and olives. What kinds of crops did ancient farmers grow? What kind of animals did they raise? And how did people get their food before agriculture? Learn more in Ancient Agricultural Technology
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
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- hoopla (Digital media service)
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Woods, Michael
- Dewey number
- 630.93
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Woods, Mary B.
- Series statement
- Technology in ancient cultures
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Agriculture, Ancient
- Agriculture
- Food
- Food crops
- Agricultural innovations
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Ancient agricultural technology: : from sickles to plows
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- online resource
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- cr
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- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- MWT11772582
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9780761372691
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Publisher number
- MWT11772582
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 11772582
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Label
- Ancient agricultural technology: : from sickles to plows
- Link
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- MWT11772582
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9780761372691
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Publisher number
- MWT11772582
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 11772582
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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