Raimund J Schulz, Robert Savage

To the Ends of the Earth

How Ancient Conquerors, Explorers, Scientists, and Traders Connected the World

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Produktbeschreibung

To the Ends of the Earth is a major history of ancient exploration, one that fully incorporates evidence from Greco-Roman sources and those in China, Central Asia, India, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. It presents a compelling portrait of the adventurers who expanded knowledge of the world and brought far-flung civilizations closer than ever before.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 170mm x 58mm
• Gewicht: 930g
• ISBN-13: 9780197668023
• ISBN-10: 019766802X
• Artikelnr.: 69723352

Autorenporträt

Raimund J. Schulz is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bielefeld and an award-winning author. Robert Savage is the author of Hölderlin after the Catastrophe and the translator of many books, including Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger's Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction, or, An American in Carthage
* 1. A World on the Move: Ancient Rulers, Traders, and Heroes
* 2. Apollo's Disciples: Exploration in the Seventh and Sixth Centuries
BCE
* 3. Beyond the Mediterranean: Carthage and Persia Explore Africa and
India
* 4. New Horizons on Land and at Sea
* 5. Investigating the East and South: Advances in the Hellenistic Era
* 6. The Romans Explore the North
* 7. The Globalisation of Eurasia in the First and Second Century CE
* 8. How the Old World Came to the New: Ancient Knowledge and Early
Modern Expansion
* Epilogue
* Acknowledgements
* Timeline
* Notes
* Bibliography
* List of Illustrations
* Index of Names
* Index of Places