Calendars in antiquity :: empires, states, and societies /
Calendars were at the heart of ancient culture and society, and were far more than just technical, time-keeping devices. Calendars in Antiquity offers a comprehensive study of the calendars of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, Gaul, and all other parts of the Mediterranean and the Ne...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Calendars were at the heart of ancient culture and society, and were far more than just technical, time-keeping devices. Calendars in Antiquity offers a comprehensive study of the calendars of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, Gaul, and all other parts of the Mediterranean and the Near East, from the origins up to and including Jewish and Christian calendars in late Antiquity. In this volume, Stern sheds light on the political context in which ancient calendars were designed and managed. Set and controlled by political rulers, calendars served as expressions of political power, as mechanisms of social control, and sometimes as assertions of political independence, or even of sub-culture and dissidence. While ancient calendars varied widely, they all shared a common history, evolving on the whole from flexible, lunar calendars to fixed, solar schemes. The Egyptian calendar played an important role in this process, leading most notably to the institution of the Julian calendar in Rome, the forerunner of our modern Gregorian calendar. Stern argues that this common, evolutionary trajectory was not the result of scientific or technical progress. It was rather the result of major political and social changes that transformed the ancient world, with the formation of the great Near Eastern empires and then the Hellenistic and Roman Empires from the first millennium BC to late Antiquity. The institution of standard, fixed calendars served the administrative needs of these great empires but also contributed to their cultural cohesion. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (vi, 457 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191746178 0191746177 9780191626227 0191626228 |
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| contents | 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. |
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| spelling | Stern, Sacha. Calendars in antiquity : empires, states, and societies / Sacha Stern. 1st ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (vi, 457 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. 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. Calendars were at the heart of ancient culture and society, and were far more than just technical, time-keeping devices. Calendars in Antiquity offers a comprehensive study of the calendars of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, Gaul, and all other parts of the Mediterranean and the Near East, from the origins up to and including Jewish and Christian calendars in late Antiquity. In this volume, Stern sheds light on the political context in which ancient calendars were designed and managed. Set and controlled by political rulers, calendars served as expressions of political power, as mechanisms of social control, and sometimes as assertions of political independence, or even of sub-culture and dissidence. While ancient calendars varied widely, they all shared a common history, evolving on the whole from flexible, lunar calendars to fixed, solar schemes. The Egyptian calendar played an important role in this process, leading most notably to the institution of the Julian calendar in Rome, the forerunner of our modern Gregorian calendar. Stern argues that this common, evolutionary trajectory was not the result of scientific or technical progress. It was rather the result of major political and social changes that transformed the ancient world, with the formation of the great Near Eastern empires and then the Hellenistic and Roman Empires from the first millennium BC to late Antiquity. The institution of standard, fixed calendars served the administrative needs of these great empires but also contributed to their cultural cohesion. Calendar Mediterranean Region History To 1500. Calendar Middle East History To 1500. Calendar Mediterranean Region Political asepcts. Calendar Political aspects Middle East. Mediterranean Region History To 476. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005633 Middle East History To 622. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090507 Méditerranée, Région de la Histoire Jusqu'à 476. Moyen-Orient Histoire Jusqu'à 622. SCIENCE Time. bisacsh Calendar fast Mediterranean Region fast Middle East fast To 1500 fast History fast has work: Calendars in antiquity (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCH8VjcVprDR6pY884WjmYd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Stern, Sacha. Calendars in antiquity. 1st ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012 9780199589449 0199589445 (DLC) 2012009575 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=585396 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Stern, Sacha Calendars in antiquity : empires, states, and societies / 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. Calendar Mediterranean Region History To 1500. Calendar Middle East History To 1500. Calendar Mediterranean Region Political asepcts. Calendar Political aspects Middle East. SCIENCE Time. bisacsh Calendar fast |
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| title | Calendars in antiquity : empires, states, and societies / |
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| title_full | Calendars in antiquity : empires, states, and societies / Sacha Stern. |
| title_fullStr | Calendars in antiquity : empires, states, and societies / Sacha Stern. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Calendars in antiquity : empires, states, and societies / Sacha Stern. |
| title_short | Calendars in antiquity : |
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| topic | Calendar Mediterranean Region History To 1500. Calendar Middle East History To 1500. Calendar Mediterranean Region Political asepcts. Calendar Political aspects Middle East. SCIENCE Time. bisacsh Calendar fast |
| topic_facet | Calendar Mediterranean Region History To 1500. Calendar Middle East History To 1500. Calendar Mediterranean Region Political asepcts. Calendar Political aspects Middle East. Mediterranean Region History To 476. Middle East History To 622. Méditerranée, Région de la Histoire Jusqu'à 476. Moyen-Orient Histoire Jusqu'à 622. SCIENCE Time. Calendar Mediterranean Region Middle East History |
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