A Compendium Of Ancient And Modern Geography
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Author | : Duane W. Roller |
Publisher | : Eisenbrauns |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Geography, Ancient |
ISBN | : 9781734003116 |
A collection of essays on current studies in ancient geography, extending over an area from ancient Mesopotamia and the prehistoric New World to the Roman Empire. Essays include examinations of ancient cosmology, ancient navigation, and literary interpretations of geography.
Author | : Kurt A. Raaflaub |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2009-12-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781444315660 |
This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists, whohave analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviewsof a wide range of pre-modern societies. Presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity throughto the Age of Discovery Provides cross-cultural comparison of ancient societies aroundthe globe, from the Chinese to the Incas and Aztecs, from theGreeks and Romans to the peoples of ancient India Explores newly discovered medieval Islamic materials
Author | : Aaron Arrowsmith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 970 |
Release | : 1831 |
Genre | : Geography |
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Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 1835 |
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Author | : Alexander Stewart |
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Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 1862 |
Genre | : Geography |
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Author | : Duane W. Roller |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2015-08-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0857739239 |
The last dedicated book on ancient geography was published more than sixty years ago. Since then new texts have appeared (such as the Artemidoros palimpsest), and new editions of existing texts (by geographical authorities who include Agatharchides, Eratosthenes, Pseudo-Skylax and Strabo) have been produced. There has been much archaeological research, especially at the perimeters of the Greek world, and a more accurate understanding of ancient geography and geographers has emerged. The topic is therefore overdue a fresh and sustained treatment. In offering precisely that, Duane Roller explores important topics like knowledge of the world in the Bronze Age and Archaic periods; Greek expansion into the Black Sea and the West; the Pythagorean concept of the earth as a globe; the invention of geography as a discipline by Eratosthenes; Polybios the explorer; Strabo's famous Geographica; the travels of Alexander the Great; Roman geography; Ptolemy and late antiquity; and the cultural reawakening of antique geographical knowledge in the Renaissance, including Columbus' use of ancient sources.
Author | : Alexander Stewart |
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Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 1869 |
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Author | : Library Company of Philadelphia |
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Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 1835 |
Genre | : Library catalogs |
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Author | : Robert GILLAN |
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Release | : 1823 |
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Author | : Compendium |
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Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 1835 |
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