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Title: Ancient Geography Condition: New Subtitle: The Discovery of the World in Classical Greece and Rome Author: Duane W. Roller Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 1784539074 EAN: 9781784539078 ISBN: 9781784539078 Publisher: I.B. Tauris Genre: Science Nature & Math Topic: History, Ancient History, Society & Culture Release Date: 07/04/2017 Description: 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. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 216mm Item Length: 138mm Item Weight: 335g Language: English Release Year: 2017
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