Rivers

Ray Laurence

doi:10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah06278

Rivers

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Abstract

Rivers were regarded as wonders for poets to recall (Polybius 2.16), and were a focus for historians from Herodotus (2.10) onwards. Literature from antiquity presents rivers as both dividing and connecting geographical features, for example, the Euphrates.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The encyclopedia of ancient history
Editors	Roger S. Bagnall, Kai Brodersen, Craige B. Champion, Andrew Erskine
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781444338386
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah06278
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

cultural history
environmental history
travel

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