Early GreeceHarvard University Press, 1993 - 353 síður Within the space of three centuries leading up to the great Persian invasion of 480 BC, Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilization that dominated the shores of the Mediterranean from Spain to Syria and from the Crimea to Egypt--a culture whose achievements in the fields of art, science, philosophy, and politics were to establish the canons of the the Western world. Oswyn Murray places this remarkable development in the context of Mediterranean civilization. He shows how contact with the East catalyzed the transformation of art and religion, analyzes the invention of the alphabet and the conceptual changes it brought, describes the expansions of Greece in trade and colonization, and investigates the relationship between military technology and political progress in the overthrow of aristocratic governments. |
From inside the book
Niðurstöður 1 - 3 af 72
... land is unlimited : the availability of land and exponential population growth go together as interrelated cause and effect . Though there is no direct evidence outside Attica , a general population increase can be detected throughout ...
... land - distribution for whatever reasons , and so forced to colonize abroad . Land was an important consideration in all colonies , even those which had other motives as well , for the new city had to be self - sufficient . But in most ...
... land , though no evidence has yet been found for fortifications as early as the first arrival . The ' original allotment ' was the basis of the new colonial society ; as with inheritance on the mainland , the distribution was by lot and ...
Efni
Preface to First Edition 1980 I | 1 |
Sources | 16 |
the Aristocracy | 35 |
Höfundarréttur | |
17 aðrir hlutar ekki sýndir