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Geography in classical antiquity / / Daniela Dueck ; with a chapter by Kai Brodersen [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Dueck Daniela <1965-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Geography in classical antiquity / / Daniela Dueck ; with a chapter by Kai Brodersen [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 142 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 910.937
Soggetto topico: Classical geography
Geography, Ancient - History
Geography - Greece - History
Geography - Rome - History
Classificazione: HIS002000
Persona (resp. second.): BrodersenKai
Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Descriptive geography; 3. Mathematical geography; 4. Cartography; 5. Geography in practice.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Geography in classical antiquity  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-139-41100-4
1-107-22368-7
1-139-41929-3
1-139-02701-8
1-139-42133-6
1-139-41724-X
1-139-42338-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790236903321
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Serie: Key themes in ancient history.