摘要：How did ancient civilisations think about, record, and write their ownhistories? Thinking, Recording and Writing History in the Ancient World, editedby K. A. Raaflaub, focuses on broad cross-cultural comparisonsof the ways in which ancient societies dealt with the past. It has appeared inThe Ancient World: Comparative Histories series at Wiley Blackwell, which has theambition to shed light on common patterns and distinctive differences, as wellas illustrating the remarkable variety of responses humankind has developedto meet common challenges.
