by Giovanni Caselli · Hachette · Tapa dura · ISBN 9782010095559
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«Au temps des premières civilisations» is an illustrated history book by Giovanni Caselli, published by Hachette in hardcover (46 pages, in French).
It covers the first civilizations reconstructed from objects of daily life: prehistoric people, Çatal Hüyük and the birth of cities in the Near East, the pyramid builders, ancient China, Minoan Crete, the ancient Greeks and the Etruscans.
Second volume of the collection «La Vie privée des hommes»; original edition 1983.
A popular work for young readers interested in ancient history and the daily life of the first civilizations.
Giovanni Caselli was an Italian priest, inventor, and physicist. He studied electricity and magnetism as a child which led to his invention of the pantelegraph, the forerunner of the fax machine. The world's first practical operating facsimile machine ("fax") system put into use was by Caselli. He had worldwide patents on his system. His technology idea was further developed into today's analog television.
