Item Uphill MSS 5.1.4 - Greatest builders in history: related documents

1 envelope

The estate of Eric Uphill.

Donated by the executors of the estate of Eric Uphill in 2022.

Three documents, perhaps part of, or related to, the project "Greatest Builders in History", which has a similar scope, see Uphill MSS 5.1.1 to 3, and perhaps some intended for conference papers or lectures
27 pages (26 single-sided + 1 double-sided)

Earlier Road Systems
6 pages, single-sided typewritten with annotations
Uphill's headings:

1. Earlier Road Systems
   1. Egyptian pharaonic
      • Pharaonic or pre-Roman road systems
      • A possible Ramesside post or road station
      • Ramesses III's "Green Policy"
   2. Persian - Darius I road system
   3. India - Mauryan Dynasty Asoka c.273-232 BC
   4. China
      • a. Qin Dynasty Qin Shin Huang Di 246-209 BC
      • b. Han Dynasty earlier period 208 BC-AD 220
      • c. The Mongol system in China under Kublai Khan 1260-1294 AD

Late Imperial Residences under the Tetrarchy
8 single-sided pages, typewritten with annotations
Uphill's headings:

• Summary of pre-Diocletianic defences erected Augustus - Probus
• Circuses
• Trajan Red Sea canal
• Papyrus manufacture
• Diocletian's buildings
• Roads
• Posting stations
• Related bibliographic references

Additional group of bibliographic notes
13 pages (12 single-sided + 1 double-sided), typewritten with annotations and some handwritten notes
Uphill's headings:

• Roman roads and post stations
• Blemmyes and Nobatae
• Reconquest of Britain
• Roads and post stations
• Egyptian irrigation and canals
• Year dating by Diocletianic accession date

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