A walk through the iranian heavens : : spherical and non-spherical cosmographic models in the imagination of ancient iran and its neighbors / / Antonio C. D. Panaino.

This book by Antonio Panaino discusses the development of the Iranian cosmographical world and its interaction with the Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic civilizations. By undertaking such a study, the author places the Iranian intellectual tradition in perspective vis-à-vis other ancient civilizations...

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Superior document:Ancient Iran Series ; 09
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Place / Publishing House:Irvine, California : : Jordan Center for Persian Studies,, [2019]
℗2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Ancient Iran Series ; 09.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Antonio Panaino
  • Preface / Antonio Panaino
  • Introduction / Antonio Panaino
  • A Methodological Problem: / Antonio Panaino
  • The Ancient Iranian Witness / Antonio Panaino
  • The Name Σπιθραδάτης / Σπιθριδάτης and its Importance in the History of the Debate on the origin of the Sphere in the Iranian world / Antonio Panaino
  • The Ancient Iranian Cosmography and its Evolution / Antonio Panaino
  • Order and Disorder in the Spherical Models / Antonio Panaino
  • First Conclusions and Further Problems / Antonio Panaino
  • Addenda / Antonio Panaino
  • Plates / Antonio Panaino
  • List of the Plates / Antonio Panaino
  • Bibliographical References / Antonio Panaino
  • Indexes / Antonio Panaino.