| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 180 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Contents |
Intro; Preface; The Chinese Sexagenary Cycle and the Ritual Foundations; Mathematical Astronomy and the Chinese Calendar; Calendars in India; The 364-Day Year in the Dead Sea Scrolls; The 'Well-Known Calendars': al-Khazini's Description of Significant Chronological Systems; The Maya Calendar Correlation Problem |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Calendars -- History -- To 1500.
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Calendars. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Chronology, Historical.
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Chronology, Historical. |
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Astronomy, Ancient.
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Astronomy, Ancient. |
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Astronomy, Medieval.
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Astronomy, Medieval. |
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Time measurements -- History -- To 1500.
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Time measurements. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Steele, John M., editor.
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| Added Title |
Astronomy and time in the ancient and medieval world |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781842179871 184217987X (DLC) 2010050030 (OCoLC)688559508 |
| ISBN |
9781842178249 (electronic book) |
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1842178245 (electronic book) |
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9781842178225 (electronic book) |
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1842178229 (electronic book) |
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9781842179871 |
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184217987X |
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