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9780029166307

Paths to the Ancient Past

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  • ISBN13:

    9780029166307

  • ISBN10:

    0029166306

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1967-01-01
  • Publisher: Free Press

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Summary

Striving to share the methodology of history, Tom B. Jones shares how historians gather, validate, and distribute information.

This introduction to the craft of history serves to share what histories do and how they work in an attempt to better help students understand how history is collected and recorded.

From information on archaeology to use and importance of documents, both private and public, in the discipline of history, Paths to the Ancient Past provides insight on how we have come to learn what we know so far about the history of the human existence.

Author Biography

Tom B. Jones was a professor of ancient history at the University of Minnesota, where he was awarded the title of Regents’ professor. During his time at the University, Jones took leave to serve in the Naval Reserves. He is known for publishing over one hundred books, articles, and reviews.

Table of Contents

Preface v
Introduction 1(4)
Archaeology
5(41)
The Rediscovery of Assyria
7(12)
The Americans at Nippur
19(6)
The Excavation of Troy
25(21)
Decipherment
46(24)
The Decipherment of the Cuneiform
48(13)
The Decipherment of Egyptian Hieroglyphics
61(3)
The Decipherment of Minoan Linear B
64(1)
A Few Basic Facts about Ancient Writing
65(5)
Literary Sources
70(27)
The Tale of Gyges
70(12)
Herodotus
71(3)
Nicolaus of Damascus
74(2)
Justin
76(1)
Plato
76(1)
Photius
77(1)
Plutarch
77(5)
The Historical Gyges
82(2)
Rassam Cylinder
83(1)
The Later History of Lydia
84(13)
Herodotus
84(2)
Plutarch
86(1)
Justin
87(1)
Livy
88(1)
The Birth of Sargon
89(1)
Josephus
89(1)
Herodotus
90(2)
Nicolaus of Damascus
92(2)
Bacchylides
94(1)
Herodotus
95(2)
Criticism, External and Internal
97(14)
Herodotus
99(1)
Herodotus
100(1)
Plutarch
100(1)
Herodotus
100(1)
Cornelius Nepos
101(2)
Internal Criticism
103(8)
The Labyrinth of Chronos
111(23)
Alexander the Great
117(8)
Plutarch
118(1)
Arrian
119(2)
Alexander and the winter of 330--329 B.C.
121(4)
The Date of the Death of Carus
125(9)
A chronological problem: the date of the death of Carus
128(6)
A Word about Documents
134(41)
Administrative Documents
136(11)
Private Documents
147(17)
By the river of Babylon sat we down
148(16)
Treaties
164(3)
The Legislative Process
167(4)
The Cursus Honorum and an Epitaph
171(4)
Numismatics
175(13)
A Numismatic Biography of Augustus
179(9)
Conclusion 188(1)
Index 189

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