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9781405191463: Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies
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ISBN 10 : 1405191465 ISBN 13 : 9781405191463
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists, who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies.

  • Presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of Discovery
  • Provides cross-cultural comparison of ancient societies around the globe, from the Chinese to the Incas and Aztecs, from the Greeks and Romans to the peoples of ancient India
  • Explores newly discovered medieval Islamic materials

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À propos de l'auteur

Kurt A. Raaflaub is David Herlihy University Professor, and Professor of Classics and History, at Brown University. His numerous publications include The Discovery of Freedom (2004) and Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece (2007, co-authored with Josiah Ober and Robert Wallace). He is also the editor of Social Struggles in Archaic Rome (Blackwell, 2005), and War and Peace in the Ancient World (Blackwell, 2007), and co-editor of A Companion to Archaic Greece (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).

Richard J.A. Talbert is William Rand Kenan, Jr, Professor of History and Classics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the editor of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World (2000), and co-editor of Space in the Roman World: Its Perception and Presentation (2004), as well as of Cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Fresh Perspectives, New Methods (2008). His major study Rome's World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered will appear in 2010.

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1405191465
ISBN 13 
9781405191463
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
384
Éditeur
Raaflaub Kurt A., Talbert Richard J. A.
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9781118589854: Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies

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ISBN 10 :  1118589858 ISBN 13 :  9781118589854
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
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