Dromography

Dromography (Gr. δρόμος, dromos "way, street, route, corridor" + γράφω, grapho "I write") is the comparative study of organisation, history, geography and logistics of local, regional and global trade routes, and other movement, transportation and communication networks.[1] Dromography is one of the auxiliary disciplines of research on world history.

The introduction of this neologism or its definition is attributed to T. Matthew Ciolek.[2][3] The term is considered a close cousin of "dromograph", which is a device used to record the circulation of blood.[1]

See also

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.


  1. Clossey, Luke (2008). Salvation and Globalization in the Early Jesuit Missions. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-521-88744-1.
  2. Riemer, Heiko (2013). Desert road archaeology in ancient Egypt and beyond. Cologne: Heinrich-Barth-Institut. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-927688-41-4.
  3. Waldheim, Charles (2006). The Landscape Urbanism Reader. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-56898-439-1.
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