TWO. The Discovery of “Historical Space”: Herodotus and the Beginnings of Human History in Egypt

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. PREFACE xi
4. ABBREVIATIONS xvii
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I. The Past: Enquiry and Interpretation
7. ONE. Mankind's Progress to Civilization in Greece: Thucydides' Archaeology and the Problems of Power 17
8. TWO. The Discovery of “Historical Space”: Herodotus and the Beginnings of Human History in Egypt 50
9. THREE. Herodotus and Thucydides and le temps des hommes 93
10. PART II. The Process of History
11. FOUR. Generalization, Process, and Event: Thucydides' Explanation of Brasidas' Successes in Thrace 119
12. FIVE. Cause, Event, and Chronology in Relation to Process: Herodotus' Explanation of Dareios' Retreat from Scythia 176
13. Six. Historical Process and its Implications for Herodotus and Thucydides 226
14. APPENDIXES
15. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER ONE 299
16. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER TWO 304
17. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER FOUR 314
18. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER FIVE 320
19. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER SIX 333
20. GLOSSARY 337
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 339
22. INDEX OF REFERENCES TO HERODOTUS AND THUCYDIDES 355
23. GENERAL INDEX 361