Geography and ethnography

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This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies. The book presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of Discovery.

Societies have typically reflected upon their place in the world in relation to the space in which they live, those who surround them, the universe, and divine forces that they believe determine their fate. In this fascinating volume, the editors bring together leading specialists who have analyzed the thoughts and records of a wide range of pre-modern societies from around the globe and across the ages. Some societies, like the Chinese, Greeks, and Arabs, have left extensive written cultural and scientific documentation. Others, as in India and Mesopotamia, used myth and epic for memory and understanding. Still others, such as the Incas and Aztecs, did not write, but their ideas and beliefs can be recovered from later narratives, as well as from their artwork, monuments, and shaping of the landscape.

A wide range of common questions are examined, from evidence, interpretations, and methodology, to the way geographic and ethnographic concepts and views of the cosmos were developed and expressed. The resulting cross-cultural comparisons clearly describe the specific characteristics of these societies, how they differ and overlap. What emerges is a rich and astonishing variety of responses developed to meet universal challenges.

This 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 Discovery Provides 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 India Explores newly discovered medieval Islamic materials

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 11 januari 2013

Aantal pagina's: 376

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: KA Raaflaub

Hoofdredacteur: Kurt A. Raaflaub

Tweede Redacteur: Richard J. A. Talbert

Co Redacteur: Richard J. A. Talbert

Hoofduitgeverij: Wiley-Blackwell

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 172 mm

Product hoogte: 17 mm

Product lengte: 243 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 172 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 17 mm

Verpakking lengte: 243 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 582 g

EAN: 9781118589854

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