Dromography

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Dromography (Gr. 'dromos' [way, street, route, corridor] + Gr. 'graphos' [to write]) - the comparative study of organisation, history, geography and logistics of local, regional and global trade routes, and other movement, transportation and communication networks. Dromography is one of the auxiliary disciplines of research on world history.

[edit] See also

• caravanserai
• cargo
• historic transport
• navigation

[edit] Further reading

• Creveld van, Martin, 1977. Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Engels, Donald W. 1978. Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army. Berkeley: University of California Press.
• Roth, Jonathan P. 1999. Logistics of the Roman Army at War (264 B.C. - A.D. 235). Leiden/Boston/Köln: Brill.

[edit] External links

• Ciolek, T. Matthew. 1999-present. Old World Trade Routes (OWTRAD) Project. Canberra: www.ciolek.com - Asia Pacific Research Online.