000 01873cam a2200301 a 4500
008 120213s2012 enka b 001 0 eng
020 _a9780521197885
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040 _aSDU
050 0 0 _aG84
_bD852 G 2012
100 1 _aDueck, Daniela,
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245 1 0 _aGeography in classical antiquity /
_cDaniela Dueck ; with a chapter by Kai Brodersen.
260 _aCambridge ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _a142 p. :
_bill.
490 0 _aKey themes in ancient history
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Descriptive geography; 3. Mathematical geography; 4. Cartography; 5. Geography in practice.
505 8 _aHKBU library
518 _aYT2025 M09
520 _a"What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? Ideas about the physical and cultural world are a key aspect of ancient history, but until now there has been no up-to-date modern overview of the subject. This book explores the beginnings and development of geographical ideas in Classical antiquity and demonstrates technical methods for describing landscape, topographies and ethnographies. The survey relies on a variety of sources: philosophical and scientific texts but also poems and travelogues; papyrological remains and visual monuments"--
650 0 _aClassical geography.
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650 0 _aGeography, Ancient
_xHistory.
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650 0 _aGeography
_zGreece
_xHistory.
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650 0 _aGeography
_zRome
_xHistory.
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650 7 _aHISTORY / Ancient / General.
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700 1 _aBrodersen, Kai.
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900 _a= C.1 SDU
942 _cGBE
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999 _c112403
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