Geographical Knowledge Essay, Research Paper
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Not overly impressive
knowledge ? many geographical books came to aid literary understanding. ?
Map most important for
officials to conceptualise land on their borders etc.? Theodosius II orders map of the world. ?
Isaac says did not
have ?sufficiently clear or accurate notion of topographical realities to allow
them to conceive overall military situation??
- Roman surveyors could survey extensive tracts of provincial territory
? why not large-scale geographical territory? ?
Janni avoides habitual
map literacy ? lacked spatial awareness to map it accurately