| Description |
volumes <1> : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
v. 1. The ancient and classical worlds -- v. 2. The medieval and modern worlds. |
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Distant echoes : origins of astrology -- Prehistory : myths and megaliths -- The Mesopotamian cosmos : the marriage of heaven and earth -- Mesopotamian astrology : the writing of heaven -- The Assyrians and Persians : revolution and reformation -- Egypt : the kingdom of the sun -- Egypt : the stars and the soul -- The Hebrews : prophets and planets -- Greece : Homer, Hesiod and the heavens -- Greece : the Platonic revolution -- The Hellenistic world: the zodiac --The Hellenistic world : skepticism and salvation -- Hellenistic astrology : signs and influences -- Rome : the state, the stars and subversion -- Christianity : a star out of Jacob -- Rome : the imperial heaven -- Christianity : the triumph of the sun -- Afterword : decline and survival. |
| Subject |
Astrology -- History.
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Astrology. (OCoLC)fst00819398
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Astrology -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Campion, Nicholas. Dawn of astrology. London ; New York : Continuum, 2008- (OCoLC)776797934 |
| ISBN |
9781847252142 (v. 1 : hbk.) |
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1847252141 (v. 1 : hbk.) |
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9781441127372 (v. 1 : pbk.) |
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1441127372 (v. 1 : pbk.) |
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9781847252241 (v. 2) |
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1847252249 (v. 2) |
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9781441181299 (v. 2 : pbk.) |
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1441181296 (v. 2 : pbk.) |
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