Author: John Dillery
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472052276
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
A discussion of the first written histories of Babylon and Egypt
Clio's Other Sons
Author: John Dillery
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472052276
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
A discussion of the first written histories of Babylon and Egypt
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472052276
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
A discussion of the first written histories of Babylon and Egypt
Man: Whence, how and Whither
Author: Annie Besant
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Category : Clairvoyance
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Category : Clairvoyance
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Clio's Other Sons
Author: John D Dillery
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047212045X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
Soon after the death of Alexander the Great, the priest Berossus wrote the first known narrative and comprehensive history of his native Babylon, and the priest Manetho likewise wrote the first such history of his native Egyptian civilization. Nothing like these histories had been produced before in these cultures. Clio’s Other Sons considers why that is: why were these histories written at this point, and for what purposes? Berossus and Manetho operated at the crossings of several political, social, and intellectual worlds. They were members of native elites under the domination of Macedonian overlords; in their writings we can see suggestions that they collaborated in the foreign rule of their lands, but at the same time we see them advocating for their cultures. Their histories were written in Greek and betray active engagement with Greek historical writing, but at the same time these texts are clearly composed from native records, are organized along lines determined by local systems of time-reckoning, and articulate views that are deeply informed by regional scholarly and wisdom traditions. In this volume John Dillery charts the interactions of all these features of these historians. An afterword considers Demetrius, the approximate contemporary of Berossus and Manetho in time, if not in culture. While his associates wrote new histories, Demetrius’ project was a rewriting of an existing text, the Bible. This historiographical “corrective” approach sheds light on the novel historiography of Manetho and Berossus.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047212045X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
Soon after the death of Alexander the Great, the priest Berossus wrote the first known narrative and comprehensive history of his native Babylon, and the priest Manetho likewise wrote the first such history of his native Egyptian civilization. Nothing like these histories had been produced before in these cultures. Clio’s Other Sons considers why that is: why were these histories written at this point, and for what purposes? Berossus and Manetho operated at the crossings of several political, social, and intellectual worlds. They were members of native elites under the domination of Macedonian overlords; in their writings we can see suggestions that they collaborated in the foreign rule of their lands, but at the same time we see them advocating for their cultures. Their histories were written in Greek and betray active engagement with Greek historical writing, but at the same time these texts are clearly composed from native records, are organized along lines determined by local systems of time-reckoning, and articulate views that are deeply informed by regional scholarly and wisdom traditions. In this volume John Dillery charts the interactions of all these features of these historians. An afterword considers Demetrius, the approximate contemporary of Berossus and Manetho in time, if not in culture. While his associates wrote new histories, Demetrius’ project was a rewriting of an existing text, the Bible. This historiographical “corrective” approach sheds light on the novel historiography of Manetho and Berossus.
Spink & Son's Monthly Numismatic Circular
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Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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A History of Marlboro County
Author: John Alexander William Thomas
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Category : Marlboro County (S.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Category : Marlboro County (S.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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History of Genesee County, Michigan, Her People, Industries and Institutions,
Author: Edwin Orin Wood
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Category : Genesee County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
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Category : Genesee County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
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Clio
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Jersey Bulletin and Dairy Word
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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The Plays & Poems of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Pizarro. Clio's protest, with other poems. Longer poems. Fugitive verse. Prologues and epiloques. Miscellanea and apocrypha
Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Clio
Author: Anatole France
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Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Languages : en
Pages : 288
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