Readings In Ancient History: Thought And Experience From Gilgamesh To St. Augustine

Readings in Ancient History: Thought and Experience from Gilgamesh to St. Augustine

This primary source reader covers the entire span of ancient history, providing helpful editorial material and carefully selected sources to promote student learning. The selections in this text encourage critical thinking through an examination of parallel developments across ancient civilizations during the same historical periods.About the AuthorNels Bailkey is a retired professor from Tulane University.Richard Lim, Professor of History at Smith College, teaches the history of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. His research focuses on the cultural and religious history of late antiquity, and he is currently finishing a book project on the reception of public spectacles during the Later Roman Empire.