Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies

Name: Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies
Brand: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
SKU: 9781405191463
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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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Weight: 807g
Dimensions: 179 x 255mm
Publication Date: 22 Jan 2010
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781405191463

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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 Romes World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered will appear in 2010.