Herodotus and Sima Qian: The First Great Historians of Greece and China - A Brief History with Docume, First Edition (Bedford Series in History and Culture);

Comparing the writings of Herodotus in ancient Greece with those of Sima Qian in ancient China, Herodotus and Sima Qian: The First Great Historians of Greece and China highlights  how their efforts helped invent modern notions of history writing and the job of the historian.