Ancient civilizations’ territorial borders analyzed through their cosmogonies
| Autor: | Guido Cimadomo, Iradj Esmailpour Ghoochani, Pilar Martínez Ponce |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Estudios Fronterizos, Vol 25 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0187-6961 2395-9134 29324424 |
| DOI: | 10.21670/ref.2416152 |
| Popis: | This paper compares the ancient Mediterranean and Mesopotamian civilizations’ concept of borders and their relation with the spaces they transformed through a comparative approach of selected ancient civilizations, putting these cosmogonies into a chronological evolutionary line. The distinct motifs, symbols, and theological frameworks are examined through secondary sources. While each of these civilizations counts with individual studies, few serious attempts have been made to address these four civilizations together. The discussion aims to set the premises of the importance of borders in contemporary urban and territorial studies when religion often has a secondary role. While they were critical elements in the definition of territorial limits in the past, their inheritance is still present in our contemporary concept of borders as producers of fears. |
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