Ancient World: Comparative Histories
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Book 8
Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World
by Kurt A Raaflaub
Published 1 January 2013
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
This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective. * The first book to focus on war and peace in the ancient world * Takes a global perspective, covering a large number of early civilizations, from China, India and West Asia, through the Mediterranean to the Americas * Features contributions from nineteen distinguished scholars, all of whom are experts in their fields * Offers remarkable insights into the different ways in which ancient societies dealt with a common human challenge * Requires no prior historical knowledge, making it suitable for non-specialists