num_pages: 327
description: Why, for many centuries, was the wheel abandoned in the Middle East in favor of the camel as a means of transport? This richly illustrated study explains this anomaly. Drawing on archaeology, art, technology, anthropology, linguistics, and camel husbandry, Bulliet explores the implications for the region's economic and social development during the Middle Ages and into modern times.
language: English
title: The Camel and the Wheel
titlecomplete: The Camel and the Wheel
genres: Islam, History, Nonfiction, Anthropology
ratings_count: 47
publisher: Columbia University Press