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245 00 a| Geography and ethnographyh| [electronic resource] :b| perceptions of the world in pre-modern societies /c| edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub and Richard J.A. Talbert.;

260 a| Chichester, U.K. ;a| Malden, MA :b| Wiley-Blackwell,;

300 a| xv, 357 p. :b| ill., maps ;c| 26 cm.;

490 1 a| The ancient world--comparative histories;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Where the black antelope roam: dharma and human geography in India / Christopher Minkowski -- Humans, demons, gods and their worlds: the sacred and scientific cosmologies of India / Kim Plofker -- Structured perceptions of real and imagined landscapes in early China / Hsin-Mei Agnes Hsu -- Nonary cosmography in ancient China / John B. Henderson -- Knowledge of other cultures in China's early empires / Michale Loewe -- The Mississippian peoples' worldview / Kathleen DuVal -- Aztec geography and spatial imagination / Barbara E. Mundy -- Inca worldview / Catherine Julien -- Masters of the four corners of the heavens: view of the universe in early Mesopotamian writings / Piotr Michalowski -- The world and the geography of otherness in pharaonic Egypt / Gerald Moers -- On earth as in heaven: the apocalyptic vision of world geography from Urzeit to Endzeit according to the Book of Jubilees / James M. Scott -- 'I know the number of the sand and the measure of the sea': geography and difference in the early Greek world / Susan Guettel Cole -- Continents, climates, and cultures: Greek theories of global structure / James Romm -- The geographical narrative of Strabo of Amasia / Daniela Dueck -- The Roman worldview: beyond recovery? / Richard J. A. Talbert -- The medieval Islamic worldview: Arabic geography in its historical context / Adam J. Silverstein -- The Book of Curiosities: an eleventh-century Egyptian view of the lands of the infidels / Emilie Savage-Smith -- Geography and ethnography in medieval Europe: classical traditions and contemporary concerns / Natalia Lozovsky -- Europeans plot the wider world, 1500-1750 / David Buisseret.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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650 0 a| Human geographyv| Cross-cultural studies.=| ^A6879;

650 0 a| Civilization, Ancient.=| ^A16276;

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Geography and ethnography perceptions of the world in pre-modern societies / edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub and Richard J.A. Talbert.

Other author	Raaflaub, Kurt A.
Other author	Talbert, Richard J. A., 1947-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell,
Description	xv, 357 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Geographical perception--Cross-cultural studies. Human geography--Cross-cultural studies. Civilization, Ancient.

Series	The ancient world--comparative histories Ancient world--comparative histories. ^A714287
Contents	Where the black antelope roam: dharma and human geography in India / Christopher Minkowski -- Humans, demons, gods and their worlds: the sacred and scientific cosmologies of India / Kim Plofker -- Structured perceptions of real and imagined landscapes in early China / Hsin-Mei Agnes Hsu -- Nonary cosmography in ancient China / John B. Henderson -- Knowledge of other cultures in China's early empires / Michale Loewe -- The Mississippian peoples' worldview / Kathleen DuVal -- Aztec geography and spatial imagination / Barbara E. Mundy -- Inca worldview / Catherine Julien -- Masters of the four corners of the heavens: view of the universe in early Mesopotamian writings / Piotr Michalowski -- The world and the geography of otherness in pharaonic Egypt / Gerald Moers -- On earth as in heaven: the apocalyptic vision of world geography from Urzeit to Endzeit according to the Book of Jubilees / James M. Scott -- 'I know the number of the sand and the measure of the sea': geography and difference in the early Greek world / Susan Guettel Cole -- Continents, climates, and cultures: Greek theories of global structure / James Romm -- The geographical narrative of Strabo of Amasia / Daniela Dueck -- The Roman worldview: beyond recovery? / Richard J. A. Talbert -- The medieval Islamic worldview: Arabic geography in its historical context / Adam J. Silverstein -- The Book of Curiosities: an eleventh-century Egyptian view of the lands of the infidels / Emilie Savage-Smith -- Geography and ethnography in medieval Europe: classical traditions and contemporary concerns / Natalia Lozovsky -- Europeans plot the wider world, 1500-1750 / David Buisseret.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009020183
ISBN	9781405191463 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	1405191465 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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