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Rivers

Every great pre-modern civilization lived on a river. Not most. All. The Nile, the Tigris-Euphrates, the Indus, the Yellow, the Yangtze, the Ganges — these...

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Every great pre-modern civilization lived on a river. Not most. All. The Nile, the Tigris-Euphrates, the Indus, the Yellow, the Yangtze, the Ganges — these are not coincidences. They are the prerequisite. Key sections include: Riv ers.; Opening Why rivers.; Chapter I How rivers work.; Chapter II The Nile.; Chapter III The Amazon.; Chapter IV The Yangtze.; Chapter V The Mississippi.; Chapter VI The Ganges.; Chapter VII The Danube.; Chapter VIII Rivers and civilization..

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  1. 01Riv ers.
  2. 02Opening Why rivers.
  3. 03Chapter I How rivers work.
  4. 04Chapter II The Nile.
  5. 05Chapter III The Amazon.
  6. 06Chapter IV The Yangtze.
  7. 07Chapter V The Mississippi.
  8. 08Chapter VI The Ganges.
  9. 09Chapter VII The Danube.
  10. 10Chapter VIII Rivers and civilization.
  11. 11Chapter IX Dams.
  12. 12Chapter X River pollution.
  13. 13Chapter XI River restoration.
  14. 14Chapter XII The Mekong.
  15. 15Chapter XIII The Niger.
  16. 16Chapter XIV The Volga.
  17. 17Chapter XV The Colorado.
  18. 18Chapter XVI The Rhine.
  19. 19Chapter XVII What is a river source?
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Rivers under climate change.
  21. 21Chapter XIX River ecology.
  22. 22Chapter XX River travel.
  23. 23Chapter XXI River reading.
  24. 24Chapter XXII Watch & read.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII Rivers in 2050.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV Why rivers matter.
  27. 27Chapter XXV The Indus.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI The Tigris and Euphrates.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII Cities on the river.
  30. 30The end of the deck.
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