Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World
Kurt A. Raaflaub
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Description for Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World
Hardcover. 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, featuring contributions by an international group of scholars working in many disciplines. . Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 830.
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
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Series
Ancient World: Comparative Histories
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118412503
SKU
V9781118412503
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99-50
About Kurt A. Raaflaub
Kurt A. Raaflaub is David Herlihy University Professor, and Professor of Classics and History, emeritus at Brown University. His publications include The Discovery of Freedom (2004), Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece (with Josiah Ober and Robert Wallace, 2007), The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives (ed., with Johann P. Arnason, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of ... Read more
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