Thinking Recording And Writing History In The Ancient World
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Published: 2013
Number of pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9781118412503
Description: "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"--Publisher's website.