Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World

Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern Worldreveals the significance and interconnectedness of earlycivilizations’ pathways. This international collection ofreadings providing a description and comparative analysis ofseveral sophisticated systems of transport and communication acrosspre-modern cultures. Offers a comparative analysis of several sophisticated systemsof overland transport and communication networks across pre-modernculturesAddresses the burgeoning interest in connectivity andglobalization in ancient history, archaeology, anthropology, andrecent work in network analysisExplores the societal, cultural, and religious implications ofvarious transportation networks around the globeIncludes contributions from an international team of scholarswith expertise on pre-modern India, China, Japan, the Americas,North Africa, Europe, and the Near EastStructured to encourage comparative thinking across casestudies