Calendars in antiquity : empires, states, and societies
| 1. Verfasser: |
Stern, Sacha.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford ; New York :
University Press,
2012.
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| Ausgabe: | 1rst. ed, |
| Umfang/Format: |
vi, 457 p. |
| Parallelausgabe: |
Calendars in antiquity : empires, states, and societies. [Print] |
| Online Zugang: |
Online available (Ebook Central) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- pt. I: From city states to great empires : the rise of the fixed calendars. Calendars of ancient Greece
- The Babylonian calendar
- The Egyptian calendar
- The rise of the fixed calendars : Persian, Ptolemaic, and Julian calendars
- pt. II: The empires challenged and dissolved : calendar diversity and fragmentation. Fragmentation : Babylonion and Julian calendars in the Near East, third century BCE-seventh century CE
- Dissidence and subversion : Gallic, Jewish, and other lunar calendars in the Roman empire
- Sectarianism and heresy : from Qumran calendars to Christian Easter controversies
- Conclusion.
