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100 1  Steele, John M.|4aut 
245 10 Calendars and Years|h[Elektronisk resurs] /|cJohn M. 
       Steele 
264  1 |bOxbow Books,|c2022 
300    176 sidor 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
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520    Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do 
       these dates come from? Many different calendars were used 
       in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were based 
       upon observations or calculations of regular astronomical 
       phenomena, such as the first sighting of the new moon 
       crescent that defined the beginning of the month in many 
       calendars, while others incorporated schematic 
       simplifications of these phenomena, such as the 360-day 
       year used in early Mesopotamian administrative practices 
       in order to simplify accounting procedures. Historians 
       frequently use handbooks and tables for converting dates 
       in ancient calendars into the familiar BC/AD calendar that
       we use today. But very few historians understand how these
       tables have come about, or what assumptions have been made
       in their construction. The seven papers in this volume 
       provide an answer to the question what do we know about 
       the operation of calendars in the ancient world, and just 
       as importantly how do we know it? Topics covered include 
       the ancient and modern history of the Egyptian 365-day 
       calendar, astronomical and administrative calendars in 
       ancient Mesopotamia, and the development of astronomical 
       calendars in ancient Greece. This book will be of interest
       to ancient historians, historians of science, astronomers 
       who use early astronomical records, and anyone with an 
       interest in calendars and their development. [Elib] 
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