Calendars And Years

Author : John M. Steele
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782974932

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Calendars and Years by John M. Steele Pdf

Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do these dates come from? Many different calendars were used in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were based upon observations or calculations of regular astronomical phenomena, such as the first sighting of the new moon crescent that defined the beginning of the month in many calendars, while others incorporated schematic simplifications of these phenomena, such as the 360-day year used in early Mesopotamian administrative practices in order to simplify accounting procedures. Historians frequently use handbooks and tables for converting dates in ancient calendars into the familiar BC/AD calendar that we use today. But very few historians understand how these tables have come about, or what assumptions have been made in their construction. The seven papers in this volume provide an answer to the question what do we know about the operation of calendars in the ancient world, and just as importantly how do we know it? Topics covered include the ancient and modern history of the Egyptian 365-day calendar, astronomical and administrative calendars in ancient Mesopotamia, and the development of astronomical calendars in ancient Greece. This book will be of interest to ancient historians, historians of science, astronomers who use early astronomical records, and anyone with an interest in calendars and their development.

Author : Jonathan Ben-Dov
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789047424192

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Head of All Years by Jonathan Ben-Dov Pdf

Covering a wide array of sources from ancient Mesopotamia to the Dead Sea Scrolls, the present volume offers an innovative perspective on Jewish apocalyptic time-reckoning during the Second Temple period, based on a unique calendar year of 364 days.

Author : Geoff Stray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802716347

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The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars by Geoff Stray Pdf

The only small, popular book on the important subject of ancient calendars. The study of heavenly cycles is common to most ancient cultures. The ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Babylonians all tried to make sense of the year. But it fell to the later Mesoamerican Maya to create a series of calendars that could be cross referenced. In doing so, the Maya discovered many strange numerical harmonics. Their lunar calendar was extremely accurate-far more so than the Greek Metonic cycle; they tracked Venus to an accuracy of less than a day in five hundred years and their tables could have been used to predict eclipses seven hundred years in the future. This book will provide a much needed compact guide to the Mayan calendar systems as well as covering the essentials of calendar development throughout the world.

Author : Liz Evers
Publisher : Michael O'Mara
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-25
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781782430872

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It's About Time by Liz Evers Pdf

From the ice-age recordings of moon cycles and the earliest calendars, to modern wristwatches and quantum clocks, time and its effects have always enthralled mankind. We've spent centuries developing new ways of measuring time, describing it and quantifying it, and such methods have given rise to some of the most technically and aesthetically beautiful devices ever invented. This book is a tribute to timekeeping in its many forms and takes in the most significant creations as well as countless time trivia - peppered with time-related anecdotes and quotes, this really is an essential handbook for anyone fascinated by the fourth dimension.

Author : Alan Edouard Samuel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Calendar, Greek
ISBN : LCCN:72185353

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Greek and Roman Chronology by Alan Edouard Samuel Pdf

Author : Sacha Stern
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199589449

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Calendars in Antiquity by Sacha Stern Pdf

Calendars were at the heart of ancient culture and society and were far more than just technical, time-keeping devices. Calendars in Antiquity offers a comprehensive study of the calendars of the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world, from the origins up to and including Jewish and Christian calendars in late Antiquity.

Author : Henry Fitch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Calendar
ISBN : HARVARD:32044018798090

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The Perfect Calendar for Every Year of the Christian Era by Henry Fitch Pdf

Author : Alexander Griffith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Calendar
ISBN : HARVARD:HXDF96

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The Cycle Calendar (C.C.), Or 128 Years Cycle System of Measuring Time by Alexander Griffith Pdf

Author : Sacha Stern
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004459694

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Calendars in the Making: The Origins of Calendars from the Roman Empire to the Later Middle Ages by Sacha Stern Pdf

Calendars in the Making investigates the Roman and medieval origins of several calendars we are most familiar with today, including the Christian liturgical calendar, the Islamic calendar, and the week as a standard method of dating and time reckoning.

Author : Edward M. Reingold,Nachum Dershowitz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0521777526

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Calendrical Calculations Millennium Edition by Edward M. Reingold,Nachum Dershowitz Pdf

This book makes accurate calendrical algorithms readily available for computer use.

Author : B. J. Novak
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408705995

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The Man Who Invented the Calendar by B. J. Novak Pdf

The Man Who Invented the Calendar provides a taster of the darkly hilarious treasures that can be found in B. J. Novak's One More Thing. We'll meet a vengeance-minded hare, obsessed with scoring a rematch against the tortoise who ruined his life; find out how February got its name; and learn the truth about the icing on carrot cake.

Author : Betsy Maestro
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780060589455

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The Story of Clocks and Calendars by Betsy Maestro Pdf

Travel through time with the maestros as they explore the amazing history of timekeeping! Did you know that there is more than one calendar? While the most commonly used calendar was on the year 2000, the Jewish calendar said it was the year 5760, while the Muslim calendar said 1420 and the Chinese calendar said 4698. Why do these differences exist? How did ancient civilizations keep track of time? When and how were clocks first invented? Find answers to all these questions and more in this incredible trip through history.

Author : Hunbatz Men
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-29
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781591439875

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The 8 Calendars of the Maya by Hunbatz Men Pdf

Mayan daykeeper Hunbatz Men reveals the multi-calendar system of the Maya that guided the lives of his ancestors and how it can guide us today • The first book to reveal the secrets of the Mayan Pleiades calendar: the Tzek’eb • Explains how the Maya used their astronomical knowledge to guide their lives on Earth The Mayan Calendar has taken on special prominence with the imminent arrival of 2012, a date that many claim is the end of that calendar. However, as Mayan elder and daykeeper Hunbatz Men shows, the cosmological understanding of his ancestors was so sophisticated that they had not one, but many calendars, each based on the cycles of different systems in the cosmos. In this book he reveals for the first time the Tzek’eb, or Pleiades, Calendar of 26,000 years, which charts the revolution of our solar system around Alcyone, the central star of the Pleiades system. He also discusses the K’uuk’ulcan Calendar of the 4 seasons of the solar year and the wheel of the K’altunes Calendar, which is composed of 13 cycles of 20 years each that form a calendar of 260 years. In traditional Mayan culture the computation of time was not determined by simple economic or social motives. The calendars served the higher purpose of synchronizing the lives of human beings and their societies to the great cosmic pulsation, to the rhythm of the annual seasons, and to the other cycles that dictate changes upon Earth. Mayan understanding of the cosmic cycles was so exact that this knowledge could be used to influence all stages of life--from planning when to conceive (parents could choose not only the sex of their child but its vocation and future destiny) to plotting out the course of the entire society. Pyramids played a crucial role in applying this wisdom because, as Hunbatz Men shows, they were able to produce and transform energy in accordance with the cosmic cycles charted by the calendars. This book reveals for the first time the wisdom of the multi-calendar Mayan system and how it can help guide our modern world.

Author : Denis Feeney
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520251199

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Caesar’s Calendar by Denis Feeney Pdf

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Author : Angelicus-M. B. Onasanya
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781465324528

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The Urgency of Now! by Angelicus-M. B. Onasanya Pdf

The question of nation building has enjoyed currency in the discourse about the general development of countries around the world. Its global importance could be discerned in two different areas; nation-building as applied to efforts aimed at rebuilding a country after a war as in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and so on; and nation-building with regard to efforts aimed at dealing with the sobering realities of failed or failing countries whose populations have been exploited, abused and mismanaged almost to the point of extinction. As can, and should be expected, Nigeria and Nigerians, at home and abroad, have not been exempt from these discourses especially in the past few years as the countrys nascent and fledging (?) democracy became embarrassingly threatened to the point of abortion within Nigeria and the international community of nations. In ones sober moments, the realisation that Nigeria is fast becoming another failed state procures rather scary thoughts.