· Elixir spans five millennia, from ancient Mesopotamia to the parched present of the Sun Belt. As Brian Fagan shows, every human society has 4/5(3). · Elixir spans five millennia, from ancient Mesopotamia to the parched present of the Sun Belt. As Brian Fagan shows, every human society has been shaped by its relationship toour most essential resource. Fagan's sweeping narrative moves across the world, from ancient Greece and Rome, whose mighty aqueducts still supply modern cities, to China, where emperors marshaled armies of ISBN In Elixir, New York Times bestselling author Brian Fagan tells the story of our most vital resource and how it has shaped our history, from ancient Mesopotamia to the parched present of the Sunbelt. Fagan relates how every human society has been shaped by its relationship to our most essential resource/5(38).
Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind Posted on by Brian M. Fagan Elixir A History of Water and Humankind In Elixir New York Times bestselling author Brian Fagan tells the story of our most vital resource and how it has shaped our history from ancient Mesopotamia to the parched present of the Sunbelt Fa. Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind MP3 CD - Unabridged, June 1, by Brian Fagan (Author), James Langton (Narrator) out of 5 stars 35 ratings. Get this from a library! Elixir: a human history of water. [Brian M Fagan] -- Our present-day interaction with this most essential resource has deep roots in the remote past, and every human culture has been shaped by its relationship to water. From the earliest.
Brian Fagan’s Elixir: A Human History of Water is a compelling history of mankind’s relationship to water. This is, however, to miss the real purpose of the history. The purpose of this history of water, or the archaeology of water, is to demonstrate the ways in which overuse, or lack of living in balance with nature may and can lead to parlous results. Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind MP3 CD – Unabridged, June 1, by Brian Fagan (Author), James Langton (Narrator) out of 5 stars. 35 ratings. “At a time of increasing threats of regional ‘water wars,' Elixir provides crucial temporal depth and worldwide scope to an emerging water scarcity crisis that we can no longer ignore. Fagan's detailed examination of past use and abuse of water--highlighted by personal experience--makes his book not only a major source on the subject but, as usual, enjoyable reading.”.
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