The impact of metals of society part III: The Punic Wars

From: JOM | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Over 5,000 years, our quest for metals has led us to strange lands, on bold adventures, through terrible hardships, and to great riches and devastating failures. Immeasurably, the fates of entire nations and peoples have been shaped by this quest.

Editors Note: One of IS parts, this article and the installments that follow revisit the historical record and reference figures of the past to show how mining, minerals, and metals have profoundly influenced conflict, religion, technology, economics, and mass miration on both macro- and microscales. The papers were prepared exclusively for tOM ...

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