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Autore: | Stern Sacha |
Titolo: | Calendars in antiquity [[electronic resource]] : empires, states, and societies / / Sacha Stern |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
Disciplina: | 529/.309394 |
Soggetto topico: | Calendar - Mediterranean Region - History - To 1500 |
Calendar - Middle East - History - To 1500 | |
Calendar - Mediterranean Region - Political asepcts | |
Calendar - Middle East - Political aspects | |
Soggetto geografico: | Mediterranean Region History To 476 |
Middle East History To 622 | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Calendars in antiquity |
ISBN: | 0-19-162622-8 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996205696703316 |
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