Calendars in antiquity: empires, states, and societies
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Main Author: Stern, Sacha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2012
Edition:1st ed
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Calendars were at the heart of ancient culture and society and were far more than just technical, time-keeping devices. This book offers a comprehensive study of the calendars of the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world, from the origins up to and including Jewish and Christian calendars in late Antiquity
pt. I: From city states to great empires : the rise of the fixed calendars. Calendars of ancient Greece -- The Babylonian calendar -- The Egyptian calendar -- The rise of the fixed calendars : Persian, Ptolemaic, and Julian calendars -- pt. II: The empires challenged and dissolved : calendar diversity and fragmentation. Fragmentation : Babylonion and Julian calendars in the Near East, third century BCE-seventh century CE -- Dissidence and subversion : Gallic, Jewish, and other lunar calendars in the Roman empire -- Sectarianism and heresy : from Qumran calendars to Christian Easter controversies -- Conclusion
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vi, 457 pages)
ISBN:0191626228
0191746177
9780191626227
9780191746178

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