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Calendars and years. II, Astronomy and time in the ancient and medieval world / edited by John Steele.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Calendars--History--To 1500.
- Calendars.
- Chronology, Historical.
- Astronomy, Ancient.
- Astronomy, Medieval.
- Time measurements--History--To 1500.
- Time measurements.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 179 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Astronomy and time in the ancient and medieval world
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, [2011]
- Contents:
- The Chinese sexagenary cycle and the ritual foundations of the calendar / Adam Smith
- Mathematical astronomy and the Chinese calendar / N. Sivin
- Calendars in India / Kim Plofker and Toke L. Knudsen
- The 364-day year in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Jewish pseudepigrapha / Jonathan Ben-Dov
- The "well-known calendars": al-Khāzin's description of significant chronological systems for medieval mathematical astronomy in Arabic / Clemency Montelle
- The Maya calendar correlation problem / Gerardo Aldana.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 184217987X
- 9781842179871
- OCLC:
- 688559508
- Publisher Number:
- 99946405153
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