tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post5610669875574488989..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: What Books Do We Need to Rewrite All of Human History?T. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-14327082804139099912014-05-21T09:45:32.330-07:002014-05-21T09:45:32.330-07:00An awe-inspiring list, as incomplete as it may be ...An awe-inspiring list, as incomplete as it may be for the reasons you suggest.<br /><br />Much more useful than, at least, the first list on the Long Now blog, which is replete with contemporary novels of dubious value for either rebuilding civilization itself or reconstructing its history.<br /><br />I might suggest a complete 1911 Britannica, though since it will be outdated and flawed in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-41867201978114869562014-05-16T04:03:08.824-07:002014-05-16T04:03:08.824-07:00Al West comments on twitter:
"Pararaton - Ja...Al West <a href="https://twitter.com/AlWest13/status/467039545318719488" rel="nofollow">comments on twitter:</a><br /><br /><i>"Pararaton - Javanese chronicle of kings. But you'd also need works from more recent times for eg Hawai'i, Ghana..<br /><br />Plenty of oral traditions have useful bits in them & in many cases have only recently been written down.<br /><br />P.V. Kirch T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-13492540243223005852014-05-14T11:17:18.605-07:002014-05-14T11:17:18.605-07:00Every book I've ever read on medieval Eastern ...Every book I've ever read on medieval Eastern Europe has cited, discussed, and argued with the Primary Chronicle. It would need to be on the list for that area I'm sure.Adam G.http://www.jrganymede.comnoreply@blogger.com