{"product_id":"sharad-poonam-ki-raat-9780691037882","title":"The Edges Of The Earth In Ancient Though","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James S. Romm\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these \"edges of the earth\" became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this tradition, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47816265433239,"sku":"9780691037882","price":4250.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780691037882.webp?v=1778475889","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sharad-poonam-ki-raat-9780691037882","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}