Fire and CivilizationAllen Lane, 1992 - 247 oldal Fire is a destructive force. It is also a great purveyor of the advancement of human life. In an exploration of this dichotomy, Goudsblom investigates man and his realtionship to--and fascination with--combustion from every possible perspective--historical, archaeological, anthropological, psychological, biological, ecological, and sociological--illuminating the legacy of fire on world history. |
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64. oldal
... leaders . In their military operations , the warriors relied more heavily on the products of fire technology ( or pyrotechnology ) than on fire as such . Fire did not play a direct part in combat - except in sieges , when it was ...
... leaders . In their military operations , the warriors relied more heavily on the products of fire technology ( or pyrotechnology ) than on fire as such . Fire did not play a direct part in combat - except in sieges , when it was ...
77. oldal
... leaders who tried to induce the Israelites to obey a set of rules – known as the laws of Moses - which were purported to be of divine origin and of which they claimed to be the sole authorized interpreters . A considerable number of ...
... leaders who tried to induce the Israelites to obey a set of rules – known as the laws of Moses - which were purported to be of divine origin and of which they claimed to be the sole authorized interpreters . A considerable number of ...
130. oldal
... typical of ancient Judaism was taken over by the new religious regimes . Like the priests and prophets of Judaism , the Christian and Muslim leaders laid great stress on monotheism , and condemned the worship 130 Fire and Civilization.
... typical of ancient Judaism was taken over by the new religious regimes . Like the priests and prophets of Judaism , the Christian and Muslim leaders laid great stress on monotheism , and condemned the worship 130 Fire and Civilization.
Tartalomjegyzék
Fire Civilization The domestication of fire as a civilizing process Plan | 8 |
The stage of predominantly passive use of fire The transition to active use of fire | 20 |
The widening gap between humans and other animals Clearing land Cooking | 37 |
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According agrarian societies altar ancient animals anthropologist archaeologist arson became behaviour bush caused chimpanzees civilizing campaign civilizing process combustion conflagrations continued control fire control of fire control over fire cooking cultivation cultural destruction domestication of fire dominant early ecological effect Elias Elijah Empire energy fire brigade fire regime flames force forest fuel gathering and hunting Greek fire handling fire Hanunóo Hattusa hearth heat Hephaestus Herodotus Hesiod Hestia highly historian hominids Homo erectus houses human groups Iliad incendiarism increasing increasingly individual industrial intensive growth Israel Israelites Jones land later learned light living long run Lord military military-agrarian modern Molech natural Norbert Elias nuclear fusion Odysseus organization peasants Perlès population priests problem production pyrophytes religion Roman Rome set fire Shifting Cultivation slash and burn smoke social socio-cultural steam technical temple towns trend twentieth century urban weapons Western Europe wood