Description:This book offers perspectives on the interplay between short-term timekeeping technologies and their social contexts in ancient Egypt, Babylon, Greece, and Rome. It explores the origins of the "hour" as a temporal unit and illuminates timekeeping activities in antiquity.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Down to the Hour: Short Time in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East. To get started finding Down to the Hour: Short Time in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
312
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Brill
Release
2019
ISBN
9004416293
Down to the Hour: Short Time in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East
Description: This book offers perspectives on the interplay between short-term timekeeping technologies and their social contexts in ancient Egypt, Babylon, Greece, and Rome. It explores the origins of the "hour" as a temporal unit and illuminates timekeeping activities in antiquity.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Down to the Hour: Short Time in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East. To get started finding Down to the Hour: Short Time in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.