LEADER 04021nam 2200697Ia 450 001 996441544703316 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-46165-6 010 $a9786612461651 010 $a1-4443-1565-X 010 $a1-4443-1566-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000003450 035 $a(EBL)477863 035 $a(OCoLC)593222420 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000338076 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11292558 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338076 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10295824 035 $a(PQKB)11748664 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC477863 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL477863 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10358788 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL246165 035 $a(PPN)244779651 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000003450 100 $a20090521d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGeography and ethnography$b[electronic resource] $eperceptions of the world in pre-modern societies /$fedited by Kurt A. Raaflaub and Richard J.A. Talbert 210 $aMalden, MA $cWiley-Blackwell$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (377 p.) 225 1 $aThe ancient world comparative histories 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-9146-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGeography and Ethnography; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Where the Black Antelope Roam: Dharma and Human Geography in India; 3 Humans, Demons, Gods, and Their Worlds: The Sacred and Scientific Cosmologies of India; 4 Structured Perceptions of Real and Imagined Landscapes in Early China; 5 Nonary Cosmography in Ancient China; 6 Knowledge of Other Cultures in China's Early Empires; 7 The Mississippian Peoples' Worldview; 8 Aztec Geography and Spatial Imagination; 9 Inca Worldview 327 $a10 Masters of the Four Corners of the Heavens: Views of the Universe in Early Mesopotamian Writings11 The World and the Geography of Otherness in Pharaonic Egypt; 12 On Earth as in Heaven: The Apocalyptic Vision of World Geography from Urzeit to Endzeit according to the Book of Jubilees; 13 ""I Know the Number of the Sand and the Measure of the Sea"": Geography and Difference in the Early Greek World; 14 Continents, Climates, and Cultures: Greek Theories of Global Structure; 15 The Geographical Narrative of Strabo of Amasia; 16 The Roman Worldview: Beyond Recovery? 327 $a17 The Medieval Islamic Worldview: Arabic Geography in Its Historical Context18 The Book of Curiosities: An Eleventh-Century Egyptian View of the Lands of the Infidels; 19 Geography and Ethnography in Medieval Europe: Classical Traditions and Contemporary Concerns; 20 Europeans Plot the Wider World, 1500-1750; Index 330 $aThis fascinating volume brings together leading specialists, who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies. Presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of DiscoveryProvides cross-cultural comparison of ancient societies around the globe, from the Chinese to the Incas and Aztecs, from the Greeks and Romans to the peoples of ancient IndiaExplores newly discovered medieval Islamic materials 410 0$aAncient world--comparative histories. 606 $aGeographical perception$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aHuman geography$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aCivilization, Ancient 615 0$aGeographical perception 615 0$aHuman geography 615 0$aCivilization, Ancient. 676 $a304.23 676 $a930 686 $aLC 50000$2rvk 701 $aRaaflaub$b Kurt A$0154102 701 $aTalbert$b Richard J. A.$f1947-$0474980 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996441544703316 996 $aGeography and ethnography$92158657 997 $aUNISA