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Ancient Perspectives
Richard Talbert
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Description for Ancient Perspectives
Hardcover. In each society, maps served as critical economic, political, and personal tools, but there was little consistency in how and why they were made. This title presents an overview of cartography and its uses. Editor(s): Talbert, Richard J. A. Series: The Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 colour plates, 82 halftones, 34 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA; HBTP1; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 260 x 22. Weight in Grams: 716.
"Ancient Perspectives" encompasses a vast arc of space and time - Western Asia to North Africa and Europe from the third millennium BCE to the fifth century CE - to explore mapmaking and worldviews in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In each society, maps served as critical economic, political, and personal tools, but there was little consistency in how and why they were made. Much like today, maps in antiquity meant very different things to different people. "Ancient Perspectives" presents an ambitious, fresh overview of cartography and its uses. The seven chapters range from broad-based analyses ... Read more
"Ancient Perspectives" encompasses a vast arc of space and time - Western Asia to North Africa and Europe from the third millennium BCE to the fifth century CE - to explore mapmaking and worldviews in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In each society, maps served as critical economic, political, and personal tools, but there was little consistency in how and why they were made. Much like today, maps in antiquity meant very different things to different people. "Ancient Perspectives" presents an ambitious, fresh overview of cartography and its uses. The seven chapters range from broad-based analyses ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
The Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226789378
SKU
V9780226789378
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About Richard Talbert
Richard J. A. Talbert is the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor of History and Classics and the founder of the Ancient World Mapping Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World and Rome's World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered.
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