Book ID: CBB000773325

A Brief History of Ancient Astrology (2007)

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Beck, Roger (Author)


Blackwell Publishers


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xiii + 159 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On astrology from Babylon to Ancient Greece and Rome and its cultural and political impact on ancient societies.


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Review Volk, Katharina (2006) Review of "A Brief History of Ancient Astrology". Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (p. 162). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Verderame, Lorenzo
Steele, John M.
Brown, David
Misiewicz, Zoë
Yusta, Piedad
Swerdlow, Noel M.
Concepts
Astrology
Astronomy
Divination; prognostication
Magic
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Mathematics
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Places
Middle and Near East
Mesopotamia
Greece
Rome (Italy)
Egypt
India
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