TBR Jar Review: The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World edited by Brian M. Fagan
This was my last pick out of my TBR jar, and while I did enjoy it, it did take me a good while to finish. I originally put this book in the jar/on my TBR list because I enjoy lists of things and I love archaeology and history. This book is a great resource for the beginner, or for one who is just casually interested in ancient history and the like. I did find that some of the topics were a bit large, considering they had to handled within 2-6 pages. “Houses” and “Cereal Agriculture” for example gave a very cursory introduction to the topic at hand, which is understandable as these are huge issues. The book also covers (or tries to) the entire world, so presenting houses in China, Egypt, The Middle East, Europe and the Americas only leaves a very small space for each area and/or time period. I do think most of the entries managed quite well to give a short introduction and suggestions for further reading are given at the back of the book for each topic, so if ...