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Mark Brake
Books by Mark Brake
The Science of History
Ingenious Inventions from the Ancient Romans to Pirates, Vikings, Cowboys, Samurais, and More
By Mark Brake and Benjamin Bryant
We may think of ancient cultures as rudimentary – but in reality, the humans living hundreds and even thousands of years ago were remarkably savvy, establishing the foundations of the same science that we use today. From early Mesopotamia to the Stone Age, through Ancient Greece and Rome, the pir...