The Globe: how the Earth became round
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1. Verfasser: Hannam, James (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Reaktion Books 2023
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Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 343-358. - Index
Introduction: The Blue Marble 1 Babylon: The four quarters of the Earth 2 Egypt: The black loam and the red sand 3 Persia: Order and Deceit 4 Archaic Greece: The Shield of Achilles 5 The Origins of Greek Thought: Equally distant from all extremes 6 The Presocratics and Socrates: Floating on air 7 Plato: Flat or round, whichever is better 8 Aristotle: Necessarily spherical 9 Greek Debate on the Shape of the World: Either round or triangular or some other shape 10 Romans on the Globe: The circle of the world 11 India: The mountain at the North Pole 12 The Sassanian Persians: Good thoughts, good words, good deeds 13 Early Judaism: From the ends of the Earth 14 Christianity: All things established by divine command 15 Islam: The Earth laid out like a carpet 16 Later Judaism: The wise men of the nations have defeated the wise men of Israel 17 Europe in the Early Middle Ages: Equally round in all directions 18 High Medieval Views of the World: The Earth has the shape of a globe 19 Columbus and Copernicus: New worlds will be found 20 China: The heavens are round and the Earth is square 21 China and the West: Like the yoke in a hen s egg 22 The Globe Goes Global: At the round Earth s imagined corners 23 Today: There s nothing particularly exciting about a round world AfterwordReferencesBibliographyAcknowledgementsPhoto AcknowledgementsIndex
Beschreibung:376 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten (teilweise farbig) 22 cm
ISBN:9781789147582

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