An Ancient Geography

Download or read book A History of Ancient Geography written by Henry Fanshawe Tozer and published by Biblo & Tannen Publishers. This book was released on 1971 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of Ancient Geography written by James Oliver Thomson and published by Biblo & Tannen Publishers. This book was released on 1965 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Directions in the Study of Ancient Geography written by Duane W. Roller and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 2020 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays on current studies in ancient geography, extending over an area from ancient Mesopotamia and the prehistoric New World to the Roman Empire. Essays include examinations of ancient cosmology, ancient navigation, and literary interpretations of geography.

Download or read book Ancient Geography written by Duane W. Roller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last dedicated book on ancient geography was published more than sixty years ago. Since then new texts have appeared (such as the Artemidoros palimpsest), and new editions of existing texts (by geographical authorities who include Agatharchides, Eratosthenes, Pseudo-Skylax and Strabo) have been produced. There has been much archaeological research, especially at the perimeters of the Greek world, and a more accurate understanding of ancient geography and geographers has emerged. The topic is therefore overdue a fresh and sustained treatment. In offering precisely that, Duane Roller explores important topics like knowledge of the world in the Bronze Age and Archaic periods; Greek expansion into the Black Sea and the West; the Pythagorean concept of the earth as a globe; the invention of geography as a discipline by Eratosthenes; Polybios the explorer; Strabo's famous Geographica; the travels of Alexander the Great; Roman geography; Ptolemy and late antiquity; and the cultural reawakening of antique geographical knowledge in the Renaissance, including Columbus' use of ancient sources.

Download or read book The Ancient Geography of India written by Alexander Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Brill's Companion to Ancient Geography written by Serena Bianchetti and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brill's Companion to Ancient Geography edited by S. Bianchetti, M. R. Cataudella, H. J. Gehrke is the first collection of studies on historical geography of the ancient world that focuses on a selection of topics considered crucial for understanding the development of geographical thought. In this work, scholars, all of whom are specialists in a variety of fields, examine the interaction of humans with their environment and try to reconstruct the representations of the inhabited world in the works of ancient historians, scientists, and cartographers. Topics include: Eudoxus, Dicaearchus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, Agatharchides, Agrippa, Strabo, Pliny and Solinus, Ptolemy, and the Peutinger Map. Other issues are also discussed such as onomastics, the boundaries of states, Pythagorism, sacred itineraries, measurement systems, and the Holy Land.

Download or read book The Geography Behind History written by William Gordon East and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1965 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Professor East discusses the vital relationship between history and geographical conditions. Drawing examples from ancient times up to the present, he demonstrates that a study of history must include consideration of the physical conditions under which an event occurs, and that "the particular characteristics of this setting serve not only to localise but also to influence part at least of the action." Topographical position, climate, distribution of water and minerals, the placement of routes and towns, and ease or difficulty of movement between districts and countries are among the factors which the historian must take into account. Book jacket.