In this eye-opening book, Paul J. Kosmin explains how the Seleucid Empire’s invention of a new kind of time―and the rebellions against this worldview―transformed the way we organize our thoughts about the past, present, and future. In the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s conquests, the Seleucid kings ruled a vast territory stretching from Central Asia to Anatolia, Armenia to the Persian Gulf. In a radical move to impose unity and regulate behavior, this Graeco-Macedonian imperial power introduced a linear and transcendent conception of time. Under Seleucid rule, time no longer restarted w Time and Its Adversaries in the Seleucid Empire - Paul J. Kosmin od authora Paul J. Kosmin a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Paul J. Kosmin |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
392 |
| Rok vydání |
2018 |
| Nakladatelství |
Harvard University Press |
