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Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the Near and Middle East, Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, der Nahe Und Mi)

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Astronomy and astrology, or the astral sciences, played a huge, if not a key role in the political and spiritual life of the Ancient Near East, and, later, of the Greek and Roman world. That is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account of the origins of the astral sciences in the Ancient Near East. Each and every form of Sumerian or Akkadian text coping with descriptive or mathematical astronomy, including many individual tablets are thoroughly dealt with. All aspects, such as the history of discovery, reconstruction, and interpretation come to the fore, accompanied by a full bibliography. At that the reader will find descriptions of astronomical contents, an explanation of their scientific meaning and the place a given genre or tablet has in the development of astronomy both within the Mesopotamian culture and outdoor of it. Because celestial omens are intimately related to astronomy in Mesopotamian science, these are also discussed extensively. The material is arranged both chronologically and thematically, so that you can help in making Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia a reference work at the subject in its truest sense.

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