Book ID: CBB000111268

Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. (Handbook of Oriental Studies; The Near and Middle East) (1999)

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Hunger, Hermann (Author)
Pingree, David Edwin (Author)


Brill


Publication Date: 1999
Physical Details: xviii + 303 pp., tables, app., bibl., index
Language: English

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Review Steele, John M. (2003) Review of "Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. (Handbook of Oriental Studies; The Near and Middle East)". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 358). unapi

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Steele, John M.
Wang, Peng-yun
Proust, Christine
Muroi, Kazuo
Britton, John P.
Zhao, Jiwei
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