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. 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stern, Sacha
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
To 1500
Calendar > Mediterranean Region > History > To 1500.
Calendar > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Calendar > Mediterranean Region > Political asepcts.
Calendar > Political aspects > Middle East.
SCIENCE > Time.
Calendar
Mediterranean Region > History > To 476.
Middle East > History > To 622.
Méditerranée, Région de la > Histoire > Jusqu'à 476.
Moyen-Orient > Histoire > Jusqu'à 622.
Mediterranean Region
Middle East
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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