{"product_id":"geography-and-ethnography-isbn-9781405191463","title":"Geography and Ethnography","description":"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.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of Discovery\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores newly discovered medieval Islamic materials\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eList of Figures vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor's Preface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard J. A. Talbert and Kurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Where the Black Antelope Roam: Dharma and Human Geography in India 9\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Minkowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Humans, Demons, Gods and Their Worlds: The Sacred and Scientific Cosmologies of India 32\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKim Plofker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Structured Perceptions of Real and Imagined Landscapes in Early China 43\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHsin-Mei Agnes Hsu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Nonary Cosmography in Ancient China 64\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn B. Henderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Knowledge of Other Cultures in China’s Early Empires 74\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Loewe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Mississippian Peoples’ Worldview 89\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKathleen DuVal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Aztec Geography and Spatial Imagination 108\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara E. Mundy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Inca Worldview 128\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatherine Julien\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Masters of the Four Corners of the Heavens: Views of the Universe in Early Mesopotamian Writings 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePiotr Michalowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The World and the Geography of Otherness in Pharaonic Egypt 169\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGerald Moers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 On Earth as in Heaven: The Apocalyptic Vision of World Geography from Urzeit to Endzeit according to the Book of Jubilees 182\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames M. Scott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 'I Know the Number of the Sand and the Measure of the Sea': Geography and Difference in the Early Greek World 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Guettel Cole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Continents, Climates, and Cultures: Greek Theories of Global Structure 215\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Romm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Geographical Narrative of Strabo of Amasia 236\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniela Dueck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Roman Worldview: Beyond Recovery? 252\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard J. A. Talbert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Medieval Islamic Worldview: Arabic Geography in Its Historical Context 273\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdam J. Silverstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Book of Curiosities: An Eleventh-Century Egyptian View of the Lands of the Infidels 291\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmilie Savage-Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Geography and Ethnography in Medieval Europe: Classical Traditions and Contemporary Concerns 311\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNatalia Lozovsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Europeans Plot the Wider World, 1500–1750 330\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Buisseret\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 344\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“The basic premise, not to be dismissed, is that other 'ancient' or 'pre-modern' societies can inform us about the Classical and Near Eastern progenitors of our own, if we are prepared to look and learn.\"  (\u003ci\u003eAncient West and East\u003c\/i\u003e, 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \"In sum, the editors, and the publisher, are to be congratulated on producing, a stimulating volume which provides expert guidance to many aspects of the foreign country which is the past.\" (Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science, 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"The 20 papers originated in a workshop held at Brown University in March 2006 and fully reflect the series' world focus and broad definition of ancient societies.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e, July 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eKurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/b\u003e is David Herlihy University Professor, and Professor of Classics and History, at Brown University. His numerous publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Discovery of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e (2004) and \u003ci\u003eOrigins of Democracy in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e (2007, co-authored with Josiah Ober and Robert Wallace). He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eSocial Struggles in Archaic Rome\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2005), and \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace in the Ancient World\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2007), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Archaic Greece\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard J.A. Talbert\u003c\/b\u003e is William Rand Kenan, Jr, Professor of History and Classics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the editor of the \u003ci\u003eBarrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eSpace in the Roman World: Its Perception and Presentation\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), as well as of \u003ci\u003eCartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Fresh Perspectives, New Methods\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). His major study \u003ci\u003eRome’s World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered\u003c\/i\u003e will appear in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e  Societies have typically reflected upon their place in the world in relation to the space in which they live, those who surround them, the universe, and divine forces that they believe determine their fate. In this fascinating volume, the editors bring together leading specialists who have analyzed the thoughts and records of a wide range of pre-modern societies from around the globe and across the ages. Some societies, like the Chinese, Greeks, and Arabs, have left extensive written cultural and scientific documentation. Others, as in India and Mesopotamia, used myth and epic for memory and understanding. Still others, such as the Incas and Aztecs, did not write, but their ideas and beliefs can be recovered from later narratives, as well as from their artwork, monuments, and shaping of the landscape.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A wide range of common questions are examined, from evidence, interpretations, and methodology, to the way geographic and ethnographic concepts and views of the cosmos were developed and expressed. The resulting cross-cultural comparisons clearly describe the specific characteristics of these societies, how they differ and overlap. What emerges is a rich and astonishing variety of responses developed to meet universal challenges.  “Inspirational in conception, seamless in execution, and exemplary in cohesion, this book of twenty well-written essays on the diversity of world views from antiquity to the sixteenth century has an important message for modern ‘one world’ globalism.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatherine Delano-Smith, Institute of Historical Research, University of London\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989282373861,"sku":"NP9781405191463","price":185.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405191463.jpg?v=1761783506","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/geography-and-ethnography-isbn-9781405191463","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}