03085nam 22006972 450 991046206300332120151005020622.01-139-41100-41-107-22368-71-139-41929-31-139-02701-81-139-42133-61-139-41724-X1-139-42338-X(CKB)2670000000203838(EBL)907101(OCoLC)794663470(SSID)ssj0000656143(PQKBManifestationID)11430185(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000656143(PQKBWorkID)10631855(PQKB)11661271(UkCbUP)CR9781139027014(MiAaPQ)EBC907101(Au-PeEL)EBL907101(CaPaEBR)ebr10568329(EXLCZ)99267000000020383820110218d2012|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGeography in classical antiquity /Daniela Dueck ; with a chapter by Kai Brodersen[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2012.1 online resource (xvi, 142 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Key themes in ancient historyTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-12025-X 0-521-19788-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Descriptive geography; 3. Mathematical geography; 4. Cartography; 5. Geography in practice.What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? Ideas about the physical and cultural world are a key aspect of ancient history, but until now there has been no up-to-date modern overview of the subject. This book explores the beginnings and development of geographical ideas in Classical antiquity and demonstrates technical methods for describing landscape, topographies and ethnographies. The survey relies on a variety of sources: philosophical and scientific texts but also poems and travelogues; papyrological remains and visual monuments.Key themes in ancient history.Classical geographyGeography, AncientHistoryGeographyGreeceHistoryGeographyRomeHistoryClassical geography.Geography, AncientHistory.GeographyHistory.GeographyHistory.910.937Dueck Daniela1965-477465Brodersen KaiUkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910462063003321Geography in classical antiquity240632UNINA