An Introduction to the Study of Ancient Geography
Author | : Peter Edmund Laurent |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 1830 |
Genre | : Classical geography |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Peter Edmund Laurent |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 1830 |
Genre | : Classical geography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Peter Edmund Laurent |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 1830 |
Genre | : Classical geography |
ISBN | : |
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 | : Peter Edmund Laurent |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1830 |
Genre | : Geography, Ancient |
ISBN | : |
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 | : James Oliver Thomson |
Publisher | : Biblo & Tannen Publishers |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Geography |
ISBN | : 9780819601438 |
Author | : Jim Roy |
Publisher | : Leicester Nottingham Studies i |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781785705502 |
The purpose, mode, and presentation of travel offers a window onto a wide range of features of ancient cultures - sense of place, perceptions of space, relations with foreign powers, engagements with other cultures, and a deeper understanding of one's own culture, among others. The chapters in this volume take on a range of these issues, and leading scholars of the history and culture of Egypt, Greece and the eastern regions of the Graeco-Roman world assess the importance of travel in a world much less sedentary than often assumed. Indeed, their work shows that travel was embedded in the cultures of the ancient eastern Mediterranean. Together they demonstrate the cultural importance and the influence on culture that travel had in these societies.
Author | : Peter Edmund Laurent |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2017-07-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780282612771 |
Excerpt from An Introduction to the Study of Ancient Geography: With Copious Indexes Central Italy or Italia Propria. Etruria. Latium. Latium Vetus. Latium Novum. Campania. Umbria. Picenum. Samnium. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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