Description
Product ID: | 9780521120258 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Key Themes in Ancient History |
Title: | Geography in Classical Antiquity |
Authors: | Author: Daniela Dueck |
Page Count: | 160 |
Subjects: | Ancient history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Historical geography, Archaeology by period / region, History of ideas, Historical geography, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, History of ideas |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2012-04-26 |