Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs : biological and chemical warfare in the ancient world /
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| Author / Creator: | Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Woodstock : Overlook Duckworth, 2003. |
| Description: | 319 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4961331 |
| Summary: | Drawing on sources ancient and modern, Mayor describes ancient recipes for arrow poisons, booby traps rigged with plague, petroleum-based combustibles, choking gases, and the deployment of dangerous animals and venomous snakes and insects. She also explo |
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| Physical Description: | 319 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-305] and index. |
| ISBN: | 158567348X 0715632574 |
