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Record Nr.

UNISA996205696703316

Autore

Stern Sacha

Titolo

Calendars in antiquity [[electronic resource]] : empires, states, and societies / / Sacha Stern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-19-162622-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (468 p.)

Disciplina

529/.309394

Soggetti

Calendar - Mediterranean Region - History - To 1500

Calendar - Middle East - History - To 1500

Calendar - Mediterranean Region - Political asepcts

Calendar - Middle East - Political aspects

Mediterranean Region History To 476

Middle East History To 622

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I. FROM CITY STATES TO GREAT EMPIRES: THE RISE OF THE FIXED CALENDARS""; ""1. Calendars of Ancient Greece""; ""2. The Babylonian Calendar""; ""3. The Egyptian Calendar""; ""4. The Rise of the Fixed Calendars: Persian, Ptolemaic, and Julian Calendars""; ""PART II. THE EMPIRES CHALLENGED AND DISSOLVED: CALENDAR DIVERSITY AND FRAGMENTATION""; ""5. Fragmentation: Babylonian and Julian Calendars in the Near East, Third Century BCE�Seventh Century CE""

""6. Dissidence and Subversion: Gallic, Jewish, and Other Lunar Calendars in the Roman Empire""""7. Sectarianism and Heresy: From Qumran Calendars to Christian Easter Controversies""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Calendars were at the heart of ancient culture and society and were far more than just technical, time-keeping devices. This book offers a comprehensive study of the calendars of the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world, from the origins up to and including Jewish and



Christian calendars in late Antiquity.