Mapping Time

The Calendar and Its History

• Author(s): E. G. Richards,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 438
• ISBN_10: 1383020795
  ISBN_13: 9781383020793
  
• Language: en

Description:... With background history on astronomy and the history of writing and counting as well as methods for converting dates in one calendar to another, this volume provides a useful overview of how calendars were invented and their subsequent development.