D.E. Mungello is professor of history and director of Asian Studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civilizations. While several of these are well known, for all those that have been recorded, many have been unjustly forgotten. Our history is overflowing with different cultures that have all evolved over time, sometimes dissolving or reforming, though ultimately shaping the way we con...(展开全部)

The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civilizations. While several of these are well known, for all those that have been recorded, many have been unjustly forgotten. Our history is overflowing with different cultures that have all evolved over time, sometimes dissolving or reforming, though ultimately shaping the way we con...(展开全部)

Kate Morton's second novel is a rich and satisfying mystery set in England and Australia of a woman's search for her identity.

Kate Morton's second novel is a rich and satisfying mystery set in England and Australia of a woman's search for her identity.

Many today do not recognize the word, but "philology" was for centuries nearly synonymous with humanistic intellectual life, encompassing not only the study of Greek and Roman literature and the Bible but also all other studies of language and literature, as well as religion, history, culture, art, archaeology, and more. In short, philology was the queen of the human sciences. ...(展开全部)

Many today do not recognize the word, but "philology" was for centuries nearly synonymous with humanistic intellectual life, encompassing not only the study of Greek and Roman literature and the Bible but also all other studies of language and literature, as well as religion, history, culture, art, archaeology, and more. In short, philology was the queen of the human sciences. ...(展开全部)

作者 | 艾尔弗雷德·W.克罗斯比 Alfred W. Crosby 美国历史学家，得克萨斯州大学奥斯汀分校历史教授。主要从事生态环境史研究，被视为环境史研究的奠基者。被芬兰科学院颁授院士称号。著有《哥伦布大交换》《被遗忘的大流行》《生态帝国主义》《万物皆可测量》等。