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 48
... sixth century were centrally minted to the Corinthian design of a winged Pegasus , with mere lettering to denote the individual city ; and as late as the fifth century they were receiving magistrates sent out from Corinth . It seems ...
... century . In the sixth century the Spartans were careful to claim hegemony of their Peloponnesian league as Achaeans not Dorians ( below p . 263 ) . Another group of non- Dorians seems to have constituted important support for the ...
... sixth century was the great age of temple building : it is not possible to compile a full list , but a recent count claims well over 80 certain examples . Of course such activity presupposes a religious motivation , but there is no sign ...
Efni
Preface to First Edition 1980 I 1 | 1 |
Sources | 16 |
the Aristocracy | 35 |
Höfundarréttur | |
17 aðrir hlutar ekki sýndir