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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Introduction: Inventing History Writing in Greece and China | |
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The Life of Herodotus (ca. 484-ca. 414 BCE) | |
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The Persian Wars, 499-479 BCE | |
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Herodotus's Historical Work: The Histories | |
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Greek History Writing before Herodotus | |
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The Form and Content of Herodotus's Historical Work | |
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The Life of Sima Qian (ca. 145-ca. 86 BCE) | |
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The Conquests of the Qin Dynasty, 221 BCE | |
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Sima Qian's Historical Work: The Records of the Historian | |
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Chinese History Writing before Sima Qian | |
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The Form and Content of Sima Qian's Historical Work | |
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Chronological Table from Sima Qian's: Records of the Historian | |
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Conclusion: Comparing Herodotus and Sima Qian | |
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The Documents | |
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Herodotus, The Histories | |
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How Asia and Europe Became Enemies: The Story of Croesus | |
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How Others Live: The Customs of the Persians, Egyptians, Massagetai, and Scythians | |
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Roping Asia to Europe: The Persian Invasion of Greece | |
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Death before Dishonor: The Battle of Thermopylae and the Story of the Three Hundred | |
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Human Wisdom and Divine Vengeance: Artemisia's Advice and Hermotimus's Revenge | |
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Ending Stories: Cruelty and Revenge on Both Sides | |
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Sima Qian, The Records of the Historian | |
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Castration as the Price of Writing History: Sima Qian's Autobiographical Letter to Ren An | |
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The First Emperor of China: The Basic Annals of the Qin Dynasty | |
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Born from a Dragon: The Origins of Gaozu, Founder of the Han Dynasty | |
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A Woman in Power: Empress Lu | |
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Heroic Hermits: The Biographies of Bo Yi and Shu Qi | |
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Arts of War: The Biographies of Sun Wu and Sun Bin | |
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Imperial Assassin: The Biography of Jing Ke | |
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How Others Live: The Customs of the Xiongnu | |
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Appendixes | |
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A Chronology of the Life of Herodotus and Events in His Histories (560-ca. 414 BCE) | |
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A Chronology of the Life of Sima Qian and Events in His Records of the Historian (551-ca. 86 BCE) | |
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Questions for Consideration | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Index | |