Name: ancient history: monuments and documents
SKU: 10760457
Price: 43.82 EUR
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Author: charles w. hedrick jr.
ISBN: 9781405106580

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ancient history: monuments and documents

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Physical Book

Publisher

wiley-blackwell

Author

charles w. hedrick jr.

Pages

192.00

ISBN

1405106581

ISBN13

9781405106580

Synopsis "ancient history: monuments and documents"

if students are to do history, as opposed to reading it, they must learn how to engage with historical sources. ancient hostory: monuments and documents introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods, and sources employed in doing ancient history. it gives them a sense of the nature of evidence and its use in the reconstruction of the past, helping them to read a historical narrative with more critical appreciation; and it encourages them to consider the differences between their own academic experience of ancient sources books, inscriptions, coins, and the like and the use of these same objects within the everyday life of ancient society. charles w. hedrick, jr. writes clearly, concisely, and concretely, invoking ancient illustrations and modern parallels as appropriate.