{"product_id":"9781118412503","title":"Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAncient World: Comparative Histories\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Historiography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThinking, Recording, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Writing History in the Ancient World\u003c\/i\u003e presents a cross-cultural comparison of the ways in which ancient civilizations thought about the past and recorded their own histories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by an international group of scholars working in many disciplines\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTruly cross-cultural, covering historical thinking and writing in ancient or early cultures across in East, South, and West Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes historiography shaped by religious perspectives, including Judaism, early Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/b\u003e is David Herlihy University Professor, and Professor of Classics and History, emeritus at Brown University. His publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Discovery of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eOrigins of Democracy in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e (with Josiah Ober and Robert Wallace, 2007), \u003ci\u003eThe Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e (ed., with Johann P. Arnason, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), \u003ci\u003eGeography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies\u003c\/i\u003e (with Richard J. A. Talbert, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013), and \u003ci\u003eThe Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy: A Politico-Cultural Transformation and Its Interpretations\u003c\/i\u003e (ed., with Johann P. Arnason and Peter Wager, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 January 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118412503\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e440\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310453584012,"sku":"9781118412503","price":151.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118412503.jpg?v=1780157480","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118412503","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}