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Time and Its Adversaries in the Seleucid Empire

Time and Its Adversaries in the Seleucid Empire

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Under Seleucid rule, time no longer restarted with each new monarch. Instead, progressively numbered years, identical to the system we use today, became the measure of historical duration. Paul Kosmin shows how this invention of a new kind of time—and resistance to it—transformed the way we orga...

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Product ID:	9780674271227
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	US
Title:	Time and Its Adversaries in the Seleucid Empire
Authors:	Author: Paul J. Kosmin
Page Count:	392
Subjects:	Middle Eastern history, Middle Eastern history, Ancient history, History of religion, Christianity, Christianity, Time (chronology), time systems and standards, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, History of religion, Christianity, Time (chronology), time systems & standards
Description:	Under Seleucid rule, time no longer restarted with each new monarch. Instead, progressively numbered years, identical to the system we use today, became the measure of historical duration. Paul Kosmin shows how this invention of a new kind of time—and resistance to it—transformed the way we organize our thoughts about the past, present, and future.
Imprint Name:	The Belknap Press
Publisher Name:	Harvard University Press
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2022-03-22

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Weight	560 g
Dimensions	409 × 234 × 29 mm