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Author : James Oliver Thomson
Publisher : Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780819601438
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)
Download or read book History of Ancient Geography written by James Oliver Thomson and published by Biblo & Tannen Publishers. This book was released on 1965 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Duane W. Roller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857739239
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book Ancient Geography written by Duane W. Roller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Duane W. Roller
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
ISBN 13 : 9781734003116
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)
Download or read book New Directions in the Study of Ancient Geography written by Duane W. Roller and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 2020 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Henry Fanshawe Tozer
Publisher : Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780819601384
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)
Download or read book A History of Ancient Geography written by Henry Fanshawe Tozer and published by Biblo & Tannen Publishers. This book was released on 1971 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Serena Bianchetti
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004284710
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Brill's Companion to Ancient Geography written by Serena Bianchetti and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brill's Companion to Ancient Geography edited by S. Bianchetti, M. R. Cataudella, H. J. Gehrke is the first collection of studies on historical geography of the ancient world that focuses on a selection of topics considered crucial for understanding the development of geographical thought. In this work, scholars, all of whom are specialists in a variety of fields, examine the interaction of humans with their environment and try to reconstruct the representations of the inhabited world in the works of ancient historians, scientists, and cartographers. Topics include: Eudoxus, Dicaearchus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, Agatharchides, Agrippa, Strabo, Pliny and Solinus, Ptolemy, and the Peutinger Map. Other issues are also discussed such as onomastics, the boundaries of states, Pythagorism, sacred itineraries, measurement systems, and the Holy Land.
Author : Adam T. Smith
Publisher : Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)
Download or read book The Foundations of Research and Regional Survey in the Tsaghkahovit Plain, Armenia written by Adam T. Smith and published by Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures. This book was released on 2009 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, the South Caucasus was a virtual /terra/ /incognita/ on Western archaeological maps of southwest Asia. The conspicuous absence of marked places, of site names, toponyms, and topography gave the impression of a region distant, unknown, and vacant. The Joint American-Armenian Project for the Archaeology and Geography of Ancient Transcaucasian Societies (Project ArAGATS) was founded in 1998 to explore this terrain. Our investigations were guided by two overarching goals: to illuminate the social and political transformations central to the regions unique (pre)history and to explore the broader intellectual implications of collaboration between the rich archaeological traditions of Armenia (former U.S.S.R.) and the United States. This volume provides the first encompassing report on the ongoing studies of Project ArAGATS, detailing the general context of contemporary archaeological research in the South Caucasus as well as the specific context of our regional investigations in the Tsaghkahovit Plain of central Armenia. The book opens with detailed examinations of the history of archaeology in the South Caucasus, the theoretical problems that currently orient archaeological research, and a comprehensive reevaluation of the material bases for regional chronology and periodization. The work then provides the complete results of our regional investigations in the Tsaghkahovit Plain, including the findings of the first systematic pedestrian survey ever conducted in the Caucasus. Thanks to the results presented in this volume, and Project ArAGATSs ongoing excavations in the area, the Tsaghkahovit Plain is today the best known archaeological region in the South Caucasus. The present volume thus provides archaeologists with both an orientation to the prehistory of the South Caucasus and the complete findings of the first phase of Project ArAGATSs field investigations.
Author : Edward Herbert Bunbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of Ancient Geography Among the Greeks and Romans written by Edward Herbert Bunbury and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eric Weiner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451691688
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book The Geography of Genius written by Eric Weiner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tag along on this New York Times bestselling “witty, entertaining romp” (The New York Times Book Review) as Eric Weiner travels the world, from Athens to Silicon Valley—and back through history, too—to show how creative genius flourishes in specific places at specific times. In this “intellectual odyssey, traveler’s diary, and comic novel all rolled into one” (Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness), acclaimed travel writer Weiner sets out to examine the connection between our surroundings and our most innovative ideas. A “superb travel guide: funny, knowledgeable, and self-deprecating” (The Washington Post), he explores the history of places like Vienna of 1900, Renaissance Florence, ancient Athens, Song Dynasty Hangzhou, and Silicon Valley to show how certain urban settings are conducive to ingenuity. With his trademark insightful humor, this “big-hearted humanist” (The Wall Street Journal) walks the same paths as the geniuses who flourished in these settings to see if the spirit of what inspired figures like Socrates, Michelangelo, and Leonardo remains. In these places, Weiner asks, “What was in the air, and can we bottle it?” “Fun and thought provoking” (The Miami Herald), The Geography of Genius reevaluates the importance of culture in nurturing creativity and “offers a practical map for how we can all become a bit more inventive” (Adam Grant, author of Originals).
Author : Claude Nicolet
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472100965
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Space, Geography, and Politics in the Early Roman Empire written by Claude Nicolet and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies the effect of Rome's geographic worldview on its politics
Author : Noel Castree
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780470659632
Total Pages : 8464 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (596 download)
Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Geography, 15 Volume Set written by Noel Castree and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 8464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing the definitive reference work for this broad and dynamic field, The International Encyclopedia of Geography arises from an unprecedented collaboration between Wiley and the American Association of Geographers (AAG) to review and define the concepts, research, and techniques in geography and interrelated fields. Available as a robust online resource and as a 15-volume full-color print set, the Encyclopedia assembles a truly global group of scholars for a comprehensive, authoritative overview of geography around the world. Contains more than 1,000 entries ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 words offering accessible introductions to basic concepts, sophisticated explanations of complex topics, and information on geographical societies around the world Assembles a truly global group of more than 900 scholars hailing from over 40 countries, for a comprehensive, authoritative overview of geography around the world Provides definitive coverage of the field, encompassing human geography, physical geography, geographic information science and systems, earth studies, and environmental science Brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on geographical topics and techniques of interest across the social sciences, humanities, science, and medicine Features full color throughout the print version and more than 1,000 illustrations and photographs Annual updates to online edition
Author : Eleanor Robson
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787355942
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Ancient Knowledge Networks written by Eleanor Robson and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Knowledge Networks is a book about how knowledge travels, in minds and bodies as well as in writings. It explores the forms knowledge takes and the meanings it accrues, and how these meanings are shaped by the peoples who use it.Addressing the relationships between political power, family ties, religious commitments and literate scholarship in the ancient Middle East of the first millennium BC, Eleanor Robson focuses on two regions where cuneiform script was the predominant writing medium: Assyria in the north of modern-day Syria and Iraq, and Babylonia to the south of modern-day Baghdad. She investigates how networks of knowledge enabled cuneiform intellectual culture to endure and adapt over the course of five world empires until its eventual demise in the mid-first century BC. In doing so, she also studies Assyriological and historical method, both now and over the past two centuries, asking how the field has shaped and been shaped by the academic concerns and fashions of the day. Above all, Ancient Knowledge Networks is an experiment in writing about ‘Mesopotamian science’, as it has often been known, using geographical and social approaches to bring new insights into the intellectual history of the world’s first empires.
Author : Alexander Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (25 download)
Download or read book The Ancient Geography of India written by Alexander Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniela Dueck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521197880
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Geography in Classical Antiquity written by Daniela Dueck and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the earliest ideas of geography in antiquity and how much knowledge there was of the physical world.
Author : Avery Elizabeth Hurt
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1477788921
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (777 download)
Download or read book Ancient Chinese Government and Geography written by Avery Elizabeth Hurt and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China is a massive country, but its surrounding mountains, two seas, and hazardous deserts kept it fairly secluded. In fact, early Chinese referred to it the Middle Kingdom, or the center of the world. China's major geographical features shaped so many aspects of life in ancient China, including how the various civilizations developed, their social organization, and the food they grew and raised. This illuminating resource reveals how the different ancient Chinese dynasties worked with and made the most of their harsh conditions.
Author : Lee L. Brice
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004283722
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography written by Lee L. Brice and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography colleagues and students honor Richard J.A. Talbert for his numerous contributions and influence on the fields of ancient history, political and social science, as well as cartography and geography. This collection of original and useful examinations is focused around the core theme of Talbert’s work – how ancient individuals and groups organized their world, through their institutions and geography. The first half of the book considers institutional history in chapters on such diverse topics as the Roman Senate, Roman provincial politics and administration, healing springs, gladiators, and soldiers. Chapters on the geography of Thucydides and Alexander III, imperial geography, tracking letters and using sundials round out the second half of the book.
Author : Melanie Waldron
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1484635523
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (846 download)
Download or read book Geography Matters in Ancient Greece written by Melanie Waldron and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geography Matters in Ancient Greece looks at how the Greek Empire changed through time and gives fascinating insights into many different aspects of Greek life through its geography. Read about how the hot climate affected the crops that Greeks could grow and the housing and clothing they needed, how the Mycenaeans were able to protect themselves from attackers by using the natural features of their landscape and their natural resources of stone and how its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea helped the Greek Empire in trading and in strengthening their military might.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)
Download or read book A Sketch of Ancient Geography: compiled from the best authorities and arranged after the manner of the Abbé Gaultier's Modern Geography. By a Lady, for the use of her own family written by and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
