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Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind, In Elixir, New York Times bestselling author Brian Fagan tells the story of our most vital resource and how it has shaped our history, from ancient Mesopotamia to the parched present of the Sunbelt. Fagan relates how every human society has , Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind
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  • Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind
  • Written by author Brian Fagan
  • Published by Bloomsbury USA, 6/5/2012
  • In Elixir, New York Times bestselling author Brian Fagan tells the story of our most vital resource and how it has shaped our history, from ancient Mesopotamia to the parched present of the Sunbelt. Fagan relates how every human society has
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Preface xi

Author's Note xxix

Part I Canals, Furrows, and Rice Paddies

1 The Elixir of Life 3

2 Farmers and Furrows 21

3 "Whoever Has a-Channel Has a Wife" 39

4 Hohokam: "Something That Is All Gone" 55

5 The Power of the Waters 77

Part II Waters from Afar

6 Landscapes of Enlil 99

7 The Lands of Enki 116

8 "I Caused a Canal to Be Cut" 134

9 The Waters of Zeus 153

10 Aquae Romae 176

Part III Cisterns and Monsoons

11 Waters That Purify 201

12 China's Sorrow 222

Part IV Ancient American Hydrologists

13 The Water Lily Lords 247

14 Triumphs of Gravity 267

Part V Gravity and Beyond

15 The Waters of Islam 291

16 "Lifting Power … More Certain than That of a Hundred Men" 310

17 Mastery? 330

Acknowledgments 349

Notes 351

Index 371


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