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The term cosmography has two distinct meanings: traditionally it has been the protoscience of mapping the general features of the cosmos, heaven and Earth; more recently, it has been used to describe the ongoing effort to determine the large-scale features of the observable universe.
Premodern views of cosmography can be traditionally divided into those following the tradition of ancient near eastern cosmology, dominant in the Ancient Near East and in early Greece.
The term cosmography has two distinct meanings: traditionally it has been the protoscience of mapping the general features of the cosmos, heaven and Earth;...
The Ravenna Cosmography (Latin: Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia, lit. "The Cosmography of the Unknown Ravennese") is a list of place-names covering the...
Early Greek cosmology refers to beliefs about the structure (cosmography) and origins (cosmogony) of the cosmos (Greek kosmos) primarily from the 8th...
competing system. Ancient near eastern cosmology can be divided into its cosmography, the physical structure and features of the cosmos; and cosmogony, the...
or Iranian cosmology refers to the origins (cosmogony) and structure (cosmography) of the cosmos in Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrian literature describing cosmographical...
water for its own stability. Balhūt is a variant name found in some cosmographies. In the earliest sources, the name is Lutīyā, with Balhūt given as a...
steering-oar and cradle a ship.[citation needed] Oceanus appears in Hellenic cosmography as well as myth. Cartographers continued to represent the encircling...
Kuyūthā (Arabic: كيوثاء) is the cosmic bull in medieval Islamic cosmography. It is said to carry on its back the angel who shoulders the earth and the...
Norse cosmology is the account of the universe and its laws by the ancient North Germanic peoples. The topic encompasses concepts from Norse mythology...
as a plane or disk. Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat-Earth cosmography, notably including ancient near eastern cosmology. The model has undergone...
American Museum of Natural History NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database Cosmography of the Local Universe at irfu.cea.fr (17:35) (arXiv) There are about...
source of inspiration and knowledge for humans, having been crucial to cosmography, mythology, religion, art, time keeping, natural science, and spaceflight...
Bovenkamp, J. (2017). "The watermarks in the Rome editions of Ptolemy's Cosmography and more". Quaerendo. 47 (3–4): 307–327. doi:10.1163/15700690-12341392...
The medieval era Indian scholars kept the spherical and disc shape cosmography in the Puranas, while the astronomy (Siddhanta) texts for time keeping...
Concerning Natural Religion, part 4. J. Charpentier, 'A Treatise on Hindu Cosmography from the Seventeenth Century (Brit. Mus. MS. Sloane 2748 A).' Bulletin...
billion years ago. Cosmogony studies the origin of the universe, and cosmography maps the features of the universe. In Diderot's Encyclopédie, cosmology...
divided into thought concerning the physical structure of the cosmos (cosmography) and the origins of the cosmos (cosmogony). In Islamic cosmology, the...
that gaitian cosmography (heaven-round, earth-square) existed in Chinese society long before it appeared in the Zhoubi Suanjing. Cosmography that bears...
Pomarède, D.; Tully, R.B.; Hoffman, Y.; Courtois, D. (August 2013). "Cosmography of the local universe". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (3): 69. arXiv:1306...
Ancient Iranian religion or Iranian paganism was the ancient beliefs and practices of the Iranian peoples before the rise of Zoroastrianism. The major...
(meaning "best dominion"), being resurrected to immortality. Zoroastrian cosmography, which refers to the description of the structure of the cosmos in Zoroastrian...
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described as a leader of the Saxon invaders of Britain in the Ravenna Cosmography. This says that "in oceano vero occidentale est insula quae dicitur Britania...
known as Onoğundur–Bulğars state, or Patria Onoguria in the Ravenna Cosmography. Little is known about Kubrat's activities. It is considered that Onogur...
Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Keith (1 January 2022). "Britannia in the Ravenna Cosmography: a Reassessment". Academia.edu. "AD 500 – Tintagel". Archaeology.co.uk...
Biblical cosmology is the account of the universe and its laws in the Bible. The Bible was formed over many centuries, involving many authors, and reflects...
Retrieved 8 September 2015. Thevet, André (1554). Cosmographie de Levant [A Cosmography of the Levant] (in French). Lyons: Jean de Tournes (Ian de Tournes) &...
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