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The camel and the wheel
Bulliet, Richard W.
Year: 1990.
Publisher:  Columbia University Press. 
© Richard W. Bulliet
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table of contents
Frontmatter
Preface to the Morningside Edition
Acknowledgments
Figures
Apologia
Chapter 1 The Camel and the Wheel
Chapter 2 The Origin of Camel Domestication
Chapter 3 The Spread of Camel Domestication and the Incense Trade
Chapter 4 The North Arabian Saddle and the Rise of the Arabs
Chapter 5 The Camel in North Africa
Chapter 6 Iran: One Hump or Two
Chapter 7 The Camel as a Draft Animal
Chapter 8 A Society Without Wheels
Chapter 9 If Camels Are Such a Good Idea
Chapter 10 The Return of the Wheel and the Future of the Camel
Bibliographical Essay
Notes
Index
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Title: The camel and the wheel : Richard W. Bulliet.
Author: Bulliet, Richard W
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E-Distribution Information: University of Michigan Library, Scholarly Publishing Office
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2008
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Source Version: The camel and the wheel : Richard W. Bulliet. 
Bulliet, Richard W
New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00868
Subject Headings: • Camels -- Middle East -- History
• Camels -- Africa, North -- History
• Wheels -- Middle East -- History
• Wheels -- Africa, North -- History
• Transportation -- Middle East -- History
• Transportation -- Africa, North -- History
• Animals and history -- Middle East
• Animals and history -- Africa, North
• Camels -- History
Notes: • Reprint, with new pref. Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1975.
• Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required
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