John Baines
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Historical Consciousness and the Use of the Past in the Ancient World
John Baines, Henriette van der Blom, Yi Samuel Chen, Tim Rood
Historical Consciousness and the Use of the Past in the Ancient World offers linked essays on uses of the past in prominent and diverse cultures in ancient civilizations across the world. The contributors are leading experts in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Sinology, Biblical Studies, Classics, and...
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The Disappearance of Writing Systems
John Baines, John Bennet, Stephen Houston
This volume gathers papers from the first conference ever to be held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March 2004. While the invention and decipherment of writing systems have long been focuses of research, their eclipse or replacement have been little studied. Because writing is...