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Geography and Ethnography : Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies

1st ed.

Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2009 [©2009.]

1 online resource (377 pages)

Englisch

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LOC-SH: Geographical perception -- Cross-cultural studies ; Human geography -- Cross-cultural studies ; Civilization, Ancient

Civilization, Ancient ; Geographical perception ; Cross-cultural studies ; Human geography ; Cross-cultural studies ; Electronic books

This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists, who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies. Presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of Discovery Provides cross-cultural comparison of ancient societies around the globe, from the Chinese to the Incas and Aztecs, from the Greeks and Romans to the peoples of ancient India Explores newly discovered medieval Islamic materials.

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Geography and Ethnography -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Editor's Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Where the Black Antelope Roam: Dharma and Human Geography in India -- 3 Humans, Demons, Gods, and Their Worlds: The Sacred and Scientific Cosmologies of India -- 4 Structured Perceptions of Real and Imagined Landscapes in Early China -- 5 Nonary Cosmography in Ancient China -- 6 Knowledge of Other Cultures in China's Early Empires -- 7 The Mississippian Peoples' Worldview -- 8 Aztec Geography and Spatial Imagination -- 9 Inca Worldview -- 10 Masters of the Four Corners of the Heavens: Views of the Universe in Early Mesopotamian Writings -- 11 The World and the Geography of Otherness in Pharaonic Egypt -- 12 On Earth as in Heaven: The Apocalyptic Vision of World Geography from Urzeit to Endzeit according to the Book of Jubilees -- 13 "I Know the Number of the Sand and the Measure of the Sea": Geography and Difference in the Early Greek World -- 14 Continents, Climates, and Cultures: Greek Theories of Global Structure -- 15 The Geographical Narrative of Strabo of Amasia -- 16 The Roman Worldview: Beyond Recovery? -- 17 The Medieval Islamic Worldview: Arabic Geography in Its Historical Context -- 18 The Book of Curiosities: An Eleventh-Century Egyptian View of the Lands of the Infidels -- 19 Geography and Ethnography in Medieval Europe: Classical Traditions and Contemporary Concerns -- 20 Europeans Plot the Wider World, 1500-1750 -- Index.