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Herodotus and Sima Qian: The First Great Historians of Greece and China: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History & Culture (Paperback)) (1st Edition) by Professor Thomas R. Martin, Christopher R. Martin, David R. Hanson Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-312-41649-0 / 0312416490 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-41649-2 / 9780312416492 In this accessible volume, Thomas R. Martin compares the writings of Herodotus in ancient Greece with those of Sima Qian in ancient China to demonstrate the hallmarks of early history writing. While these authors lived in different centuries and were not aware of each other s works, Martin shows the |