{"product_id":"geography-and-ethnography-perceptions-of-the-world-in-pre-modern-societies-paperback","title":"Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRichard J. a. Talbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating volume brings together leading specialists, who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies. \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocieties 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\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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). \u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52619341365555,"sku":"9781118589854","price":89.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VGNEUlJzYXhFYWNUVDBaZEQrUitBZz09.webp?v=1761926227","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/geography-and-ethnography-perceptions-of-the-world-in-pre-modern-societies-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}