Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern SocietiesISBN: 978-1-4051-9146-3
Hardcover
376 pages
February 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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Presents with a global perspective the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies, from antiquity through to the Age of Discovery
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Brings together in one volume the leading scholars on numerous pre-modern cultures
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Provides cross-cultural comparison of ancient societies, from the Chinese to the Incas and Aztecs, from the Greeks and Romans to the peoples of ancient India
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Explores newly discovered medieval Islamic materials