Writing science before the Greek s a naturalistic analysis of the Babylonian astronomical treatise MUL.APIN /
The beginnings of written science have long been associated with classical Greece. Yet in ancient Mesopotamia, highly-sophisticated scientific works in cuneiform script were in active use while Greek civilization flourished in the West. The subject of this volume is the astronomical series MUL.APIN,...
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English
Akkadian
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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Culture and History of the Ancient Near East
48.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004222748.
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Call Number: QB19 .W38 2011
- Preliminary Material /
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- Chapter One. MUL.APIN /
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- Chapter Two. Writing And Conceptual Change /
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- Chapter Three. Terms Of Analysis /
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- Chapter Four. MUL.APIN: Text And Analysis /
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- Chapter Five. Summary Of Results /
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- Chapter Six. Discussion: MUL.APIN, Writing, And Science /
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- Chapter Seven. Further Thoughts: The Cognitive Function Of Writing In MUL.APIN /
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- Chapter Eight. A Final Word: From List To Axiom /
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- Bibliography /
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- Appendix One. The Translated Text Of MUL.APIN /
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- Appendix Two. The Babylonian Month-Names /
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- Appendix Three. Tablet And Line Correspondences With Hunger-Pingree /
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- Subject Index /
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- Author Index /
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- Akkadian And Sumerian Word Index /
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- MUL.APIN Text Citation Index /
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