This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work...(展开全部)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work...(展开全部)

Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) was a pioneer in the academic study of myth in its historical and archaeological context, and was also one of the first women to make a full-time career as an academic. In her introduction to this book (1903), making the point that 'Greek religion' was usually studied using the surviving literary retellings of myths and legends, she states: 'The ...(展开全部)

Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) was a pioneer in the academic study of myth in its historical and archaeological context, and was also one of the first women to make a full-time career as an academic. In her introduction to this book (1903), making the point that 'Greek religion' was usually studied using the surviving literary retellings of myths and legends, she states: 'The ...(展开全部)

This book offers the first detailed comparative study of the seven best-documented early civilizations: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang China, the Aztecs and adjacent peoples in the Valley of Mexico, the Classic Maya, the Inka, and the Yoruba. Unlike previous studies, equal attention is paid to similarities and differences in their sociopolitical organization, economic sys...(展开全部)

This book offers the first detailed comparative study of the seven best-documented early civilizations: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang China, the Aztecs and adjacent peoples in the Valley of Mexico, the Classic Maya, the Inka, and the Yoruba. Unlike previous studies, equal attention is paid to similarities and differences in their sociopolitical organization, economic sys...(展开全部)

This book offers the first detailed comparative study of the seven best-documented early civilizations: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang China, the Aztecs and adjacent peoples in the Valley of Mexico, the Classic Maya, the Inka, and the Yoruba. Unlike previous studies, equal attention is paid to similarities and differences in their sociopolitical organization, economic sys...(展开全部)

This book offers the first detailed comparative study of the seven best-documented early civilizations: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang China, the Aztecs and adjacent peoples in the Valley of Mexico, the Classic Maya, the Inka, and the Yoruba. Unlike previous studies, equal attention is paid to similarities and differences in their sociopolitical organization, economic sys...(展开全部)

乔戈，中山大学哲学博士，美国波士顿大学古典研究系访问学者，目前任教于重庆西南政法大学。主要研究领域为政治哲学史、古典哲学。著有《国家的伦理》（2014）一书，另有论文和译文数篇，分别载于《现代哲学》、《求是学刊》等刊物。 尤利乌斯·威尔豪森：德国著名圣经学家、东方学家、伊斯兰教家。曾历任格赖夫斯瓦尔德大学、哈勒大学、马堡大学和哥廷根大学教授，提出著名的底本学说，注重以语言学、文献学为基础来考察宗教的历史，最早采用法律观点研究犹太教和伊斯兰教，卓有建树。其研究对犹太教史和伊斯兰教相关领域产生了深远影响，著有《以色列史绪论》、《穆罕默德在麦地那》、《阿拉伯帝国及其衰亡》等著作。

Originally translated and published in 1906, this volume is a full translation of Langlois and Seignobos' Introduction to the Study of History and contains chapters on the search for documents, textual criticism, critical investigation of authorship, and interpretative criticism.