Calendars and years.

Calendars and years. II, Astronomy and time in the ancient and medieval world /

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Other Authors: Steele, John M.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Oxford ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, c2011.

Subjects:

Calendars > History > To 1500.
Chronology, Historical.
Astronomy, Ancient.
Astronomy, Medieval.
Time measurements > History > To 1500.

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Call Number: CE21 .C36 2011

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Table of 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.