Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs: unconventional warfare in the ancient world
"A history of the ways in which ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional warfare, drawing on myth, science, and history and told Mayor's scrupulous, yet entertaining style"
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Princeton ; Oxford
Princeton University Press
[2022]
|
| Edition: | Revised and updated edition |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Summary: | "A history of the ways in which ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional warfare, drawing on myth, science, and history and told Mayor's scrupulous, yet entertaining style" |
| Item Description: | Previous edition published by Overlook Press in 2003 |
| Physical Description: | xxxvi, 384 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9780691211084 9780691217819 |
Staff View
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a22000008c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV048552588 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20230318 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 221109s2022 a||| |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780691211084 |q pbk |9 978-0-691-21108-4 | ||
| 020 | |a 9780691217819 |q hbk |9 978-0-691-21781-9 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)1348284946 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV048552588 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rda | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-12 |a DE-19 | ||
| 084 | |a ALT |q DE-12 |2 fid | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Mayor, Adrienne |d 1946- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)140764844 |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs |b unconventional warfare in the ancient world |c Adrienne Mayor |
| 250 | |a Revised and updated edition | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Princeton ; Oxford |b Princeton University Press |c [2022] | |
| 300 | |a xxxvi, 384 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln |b Illustrationen, Karten | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a Previous edition published by Overlook Press in 2003 | ||
| 505 | 8 | |a Introduction. War outside the rules -- Heracles and the hydra : the invention of biological weapons -- Arrows of doom -- Poison waters, deadly vapors -- A casket of plague in the Temple of Babylon -- Sweet sabotage -- Animal allies -- Infernal fire -- Afterword. The many-headed hydra | |
| 520 | 3 | |a "A history of the ways in which ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional warfare, drawing on myth, science, and history and told Mayor's scrupulous, yet entertaining style" | |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Antike |0 (DE-588)4068754-5 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Biologischer Krieg |0 (DE-588)4145628-2 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Chemischer Krieg |0 (DE-588)4069943-2 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 653 | 0 | |a Biological weapons / History / To 1500 | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Chemical weapons / History / To 1500 | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Weapons, Ancient | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Military history, Ancient | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Military art and science / Rome | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Armes anciennes | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Histoire militaire ancienne | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Art et science militaires / Rome | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Biological weapons | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Chemical weapons | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Military art and science | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Military history, Ancient | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Weapons, Ancient | |
| 653 | 2 | |a Rome (Empire) | |
| 653 | 4 | |a To 1500 | |
| 653 | 6 | |a History | |
| 688 | 7 | |a Biologie |0 (DE-2581)TH000007330 |2 gbd | |
| 688 | 7 | |a Waffentechnik, griechisch |0 (DE-2581)TH000007265 |2 gbd | |
| 688 | 7 | |a Waffentechnik, römisch |0 (DE-2581)TH000007303 |2 gbd | |
| 688 | 7 | |a Chemie |0 (DE-2581)TH000007597 |2 gbd | |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a Biologischer Krieg |0 (DE-588)4145628-2 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 1 | |a Chemischer Krieg |0 (DE-588)4069943-2 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 2 | |a Antike |0 (DE-588)4068754-5 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Erscheint auch als |n Online-Ausgabe |z 978-0-691-21109-1 |w (DE-604)BV048391694 |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033928934&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 940 | 1 | |n gbd | |
| 940 | 1 | |q BSB_NED_20230103 | |
| 940 | 1 | |q gbd_4_2301 | |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-033928934 | ||
| 942 | 1 | 1 | |c 355.009 |e 22/bsb |f 0901 |g 37 |
| 942 | 1 | 1 | |c 355.009 |e 22/bsb |f 0901 |g 38 |
Record in the Search Index
| _version_ | 1804184559743401984 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | CONTENTS Preface Historical Time Line Maps introduction. ix xxix xxxvii War outside the Rules i 1 Heracles and the Hydra: Ihe Invention of Biological Weapons 25 2 Arrows of Doom 51 3 Poison Waters, Deadly Vapors 93 4 A Casket ofPlague in the Temple of Babylon 119 5 Sweet Sabotage 151 6 Animal Allies 179 7 Infernal Fire 221 afterword. The Many-Headed Hydra 277 289 291 343 363 Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index vii
|
| adam_txt |
CONTENTS Preface Historical Time Line Maps introduction. ix xxix xxxvii War outside the Rules i 1 Heracles and the Hydra: Ihe Invention of Biological Weapons 25 2 Arrows of Doom 51 3 Poison Waters, Deadly Vapors 93 4 A Casket ofPlague in the Temple of Babylon 119 5 Sweet Sabotage 151 6 Animal Allies 179 7 Infernal Fire 221 afterword. The Many-Headed Hydra 277 289 291 343 363 Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index vii |
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| any_adam_object_boolean | 1 |
| author | Mayor, Adrienne 1946- |
| author_GND | (DE-588)140764844 |
| author_facet | Mayor, Adrienne 1946- |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | Mayor, Adrienne 1946- |
| author_variant | a m am |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV048552588 |
| contents | Introduction. War outside the rules -- Heracles and the hydra : the invention of biological weapons -- Arrows of doom -- Poison waters, deadly vapors -- A casket of plague in the Temple of Babylon -- Sweet sabotage -- Animal allies -- Infernal fire -- Afterword. The many-headed hydra |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)1348284946 (DE-599)BVBBV048552588 |
| edition | Revised and updated edition |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>03371nam a22007338c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV048552588</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20230318 </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">221109s2022 a||| |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780691211084</subfield><subfield code="q">pbk</subfield><subfield code="9">978-0-691-21108-4</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780691217819</subfield><subfield code="q">hbk</subfield><subfield code="9">978-0-691-21781-9</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1348284946</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV048552588</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-19</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">ALT</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="2">fid</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mayor, Adrienne</subfield><subfield code="d">1946-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)140764844</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs</subfield><subfield code="b">unconventional warfare in the ancient world</subfield><subfield code="c">Adrienne Mayor</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="250" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Revised and updated edition</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Princeton ; Oxford</subfield><subfield code="b">Princeton University Press</subfield><subfield code="c">[2022]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">xxxvi, 384 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln</subfield><subfield code="b">Illustrationen, Karten</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="500" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Previous edition published by Overlook Press in 2003</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="8" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Introduction. War outside the rules -- Heracles and the hydra : the invention of biological weapons -- Arrows of doom -- Poison waters, deadly vapors -- A casket of plague in the Temple of Babylon -- Sweet sabotage -- Animal allies -- Infernal fire -- Afterword. The many-headed hydra</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="3" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">"A history of the ways in which ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional warfare, drawing on myth, science, and history and told Mayor's scrupulous, yet entertaining style"</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Antike</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4068754-5</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Biologischer Krieg</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4145628-2</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Chemischer Krieg</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4069943-2</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Biological weapons / History / To 1500</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Chemical weapons / History / To 1500</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Weapons, Ancient</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Military history, Ancient</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Military art and science / Rome</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Armes anciennes</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Histoire militaire ancienne</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Art et science militaires / Rome</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Biological weapons</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Chemical weapons</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Military art and science</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Military history, Ancient</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Weapons, Ancient</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Rome (Empire)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">To 1500</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="6"><subfield code="a">History</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="688" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Biologie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-2581)TH000007330</subfield><subfield code="2">gbd</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="688" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Waffentechnik, griechisch</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-2581)TH000007265</subfield><subfield code="2">gbd</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="688" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Waffentechnik, römisch</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-2581)TH000007303</subfield><subfield code="2">gbd</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="688" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Chemie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-2581)TH000007597</subfield><subfield code="2">gbd</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Biologischer Krieg</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4145628-2</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Chemischer Krieg</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4069943-2</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Antike</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4068754-5</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Erscheint auch als</subfield><subfield code="n">Online-Ausgabe</subfield><subfield code="z">978-0-691-21109-1</subfield><subfield code="w">(DE-604)BV048391694</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033928934&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="940" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="n">gbd</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="940" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="q">BSB_NED_20230103</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="940" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="q">gbd_4_2301</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-033928934</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="942" ind1="1" ind2="1"><subfield code="c">355.009</subfield><subfield code="e">22/bsb</subfield><subfield code="f">0901</subfield><subfield code="g">37</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="942" ind1="1" ind2="1"><subfield code="c">355.009</subfield><subfield code="e">22/bsb</subfield><subfield code="f">0901</subfield><subfield code="g">38</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| id | DE-604.BV048552588 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| index_date | 2024-07-03T20:57:46Z |
| indexdate | 2024-07-10T09:41:16Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9780691211084 9780691217819 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-033928934 |
| oclc_num | 1348284946 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-12 DE-19 DE-BY-UBM |
| owner_facet | DE-12 DE-19 DE-BY-UBM |
| physical | xxxvi, 384 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten |
| psigel | BSB_NED_20230103 gbd_4_2301 |
| publishDate | 2022 |
| publishDateSearch | 2022 |
| publishDateSort | 2022 |
| publisher | Princeton University Press |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Mayor, Adrienne 1946- Verfasser (DE-588)140764844 aut Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs unconventional warfare in the ancient world Adrienne Mayor Revised and updated edition Princeton ; Oxford Princeton University Press [2022] xxxvi, 384 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Previous edition published by Overlook Press in 2003 Introduction. War outside the rules -- Heracles and the hydra : the invention of biological weapons -- Arrows of doom -- Poison waters, deadly vapors -- A casket of plague in the Temple of Babylon -- Sweet sabotage -- Animal allies -- Infernal fire -- Afterword. The many-headed hydra "A history of the ways in which ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional warfare, drawing on myth, science, and history and told Mayor's scrupulous, yet entertaining style" Antike (DE-588)4068754-5 gnd rswk-swf Biologischer Krieg (DE-588)4145628-2 gnd rswk-swf Chemischer Krieg (DE-588)4069943-2 gnd rswk-swf Biological weapons / History / To 1500 Chemical weapons / History / To 1500 Weapons, Ancient Military history, Ancient Military art and science / Rome Armes anciennes Histoire militaire ancienne Art et science militaires / Rome Biological weapons Chemical weapons Military art and science Rome (Empire) To 1500 History Biologie (DE-2581)TH000007330 gbd Waffentechnik, griechisch (DE-2581)TH000007265 gbd Waffentechnik, römisch (DE-2581)TH000007303 gbd Chemie (DE-2581)TH000007597 gbd Biologischer Krieg (DE-588)4145628-2 s Chemischer Krieg (DE-588)4069943-2 s Antike (DE-588)4068754-5 s DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-691-21109-1 (DE-604)BV048391694 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033928934&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Mayor, Adrienne 1946- Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs unconventional warfare in the ancient world Introduction. War outside the rules -- Heracles and the hydra : the invention of biological weapons -- Arrows of doom -- Poison waters, deadly vapors -- A casket of plague in the Temple of Babylon -- Sweet sabotage -- Animal allies -- Infernal fire -- Afterword. The many-headed hydra Antike (DE-588)4068754-5 gnd Biologischer Krieg (DE-588)4145628-2 gnd Chemischer Krieg (DE-588)4069943-2 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)4068754-5 (DE-588)4145628-2 (DE-588)4069943-2 |
| title | Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs unconventional warfare in the ancient world |
| title_auth | Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs unconventional warfare in the ancient world |
| title_exact_search | Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs unconventional warfare in the ancient world |
| title_exact_search_txtP | Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs unconventional warfare in the ancient world |
| title_full | Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs unconventional warfare in the ancient world Adrienne Mayor |
| title_fullStr | Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs unconventional warfare in the ancient world Adrienne Mayor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs unconventional warfare in the ancient world Adrienne Mayor |
| title_short | Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs |
| title_sort | greek fire poison arrows and scorpion bombs unconventional warfare in the ancient world |
| title_sub | unconventional warfare in the ancient world |
| topic | Antike (DE-588)4068754-5 gnd Biologischer Krieg (DE-588)4145628-2 gnd Chemischer Krieg (DE-588)4069943-2 gnd |
| topic_facet | Antike Biologischer Krieg Chemischer Krieg |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033928934&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mayoradrienne greekfirepoisonarrowsandscorpionbombsunconventionalwarfareintheancientworld |