Book ID: CBB001250487

Calendars and Years II: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World (2010)

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Steele, John M. (Editor)


Oxbow


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: 179 pp.; bibl.; index; ill.
Language: English

Description “On the calendars of ancient and medieval China, India, the ancient Jewish world, the medieval Islamic world, and the Maya.” (from the publisher)


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Authors & Contributors
Qu, Anjing
Tang, Quan
Akasoy, Anna
Aveni, Anthony F.
Ben-Dov, Jonathan
Berggren, John Lennart
Journals
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Nei Menggu Shifan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)
Science
Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Harvard University
Brill
Princeton University Press
SISMEL edizioni del Galluzzo
Edizioni Cadmo
Concepts
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Astronomy
Calendars
Cross-cultural comparison
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Jewish civilization and culture
People
Albertus Magnus
Aristotle
Avicenna
Clement of Alexandria
Origen
Philo of Alexandria
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Renaissance
9th century
Early modern
10th century
Places
China
Greece
India
Europe
Mesopotamia
Iran
Institutions
Cambridge University
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