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The camel and the wheel

Richard W. Bulliet
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  • Frontmatter (page N/A)
  • Preface to the Morningside Edition (page vii)
  • Acknowledgments (page xv)
  • Figures (page xvii)
  • Apologia (page 1)
  • Chapter 1 The Camel and the Wheel (page 7)
  • Chapter 2 The Origin of Camel Domestication (page 28)
  • Chapter 3 The Spread of Camel Domestication and the Incense Trade (page 57)
  • Chapter 4 The North Arabian Saddle and the Rise of the Arabs (page 87)
  • Chapter 5 The Camel in North Africa (page 111)
  • Chapter 6 Iran: One Hump or Two (page 141)
  • Chapter 7 The Camel as a Draft Animal (page 176)
  • Chapter 8 A Society Without Wheels (page 216)
  • Chapter 9 If Camels Are Such a Good Idea (page 237)
  • Chapter 10 The Return of the Wheel and the Future of the Camel (page 259)
  • Bibliographical Essay (page 269)
  • Notes (page 279)
  • Index (page 323)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
AHR 81.5 (Dec. 1976): 1068-1069 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28197612%2981%3A5%3C1068%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X
SC 190.4221 (Dec. 1975): 1289-1290 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0036-8075%2819751226%293%3A190%3A4221%3C1289%3ATUOAA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9
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Published: 1990
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780231072342 (hardcover)
  • 9780231072359 (paper)
Subject
  • Middle Eastern: General & Multiperiod
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