Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World
Nonfiction, History, Reference, Historiography
| Author: | Kurt A. Raaflaub | ISBN: | 9781118413111 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | November 8, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kurt A. Raaflaub |
| ISBN: | 9781118413111 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | November 8, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World presents a cross-cultural comparison of the ways in which ancient civilizations thought about the past and recorded their own histories.
- Written by an international group of scholars working in many disciplines
- Truly cross-cultural, covering historical thinking and writing in ancient or early cultures across in East, South, and West Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas
- Includes historiography shaped by religious perspectives, including Judaism, early Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism
Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World presents a cross-cultural comparison of the ways in which ancient civilizations thought about the past and recorded their own histories.
- Written by an international group of scholars working in many disciplines
- Truly cross-cultural, covering historical thinking and writing in ancient or early cultures across in East, South, and West Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas
- Includes historiography shaped by religious perspectives, including Judaism, early Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism
