Early GreeceHarperCollins UK, 19. des. 2013 - 368 síður Now available in ebook format. Within the space of three centuries, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilisation which 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 Western world. The author of this book places this development in the context of Mediterranean civilisation, providing an account of the transformation that launched Western culture. |
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... defined the limitsof Mycenean influenceas far as the Greek islands and Asia Minor. The age of heroes reflected the existence ofa lost culture, whichhadlasted from about 1600BC untilthe destruction ofthe main palace sites around 1200 ...
... defined the limitsof Mycenean influenceas far as the Greek islands and Asia Minor. The age of heroes reflected the existence ofa lost culture, whichhadlasted from about 1600BC untilthe destruction ofthe main palace sites around 1200 ...
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... describes how the victors from Troyhadahard homecoming to a land no longer fit for heroes, and the migrations that followed: Evenafter theTrojan war there were still migrations andcolonizing movements, so that lackofpeace inhibited ...
... describes how the victors from Troyhadahard homecoming to a land no longer fit for heroes, and the migrations that followed: Evenafter theTrojan war there were still migrations andcolonizing movements, so that lackofpeace inhibited ...
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... described by Arab observers; in the words ofIbn Rustah, Whenone of their notablesdies, they makea grave like a large houseand put him inside it. Withhim they puthisclothes and the gold armlets he wore,and, moreover, anabundance of food ...
... described by Arab observers; in the words ofIbn Rustah, Whenone of their notablesdies, they makea grave like a large houseand put him inside it. Withhim they puthisclothes and the gold armlets he wore,and, moreover, anabundance of food ...
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... describes the dissatisfaction of an aristocrat at the influxofnew wealth and the breakdownof traditionalvalues, and also portrays upperclass homosexuality. Incontrast, Xenophanes left Colophonin Asia Minor asayoungman because ofthe ...
... describes the dissatisfaction of an aristocrat at the influxofnew wealth and the breakdownof traditionalvalues, and also portrays upperclass homosexuality. Incontrast, Xenophanes left Colophonin Asia Minor asayoungman because ofthe ...
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... explain both the underlying structure of the physicalworld and itsdevelopment downto the creation of man–it was the ... description of the earth' and a discussion ofthe stars and their movements. Philosophers continued the scientific ...
... explain both the underlying structure of the physicalworld and itsdevelopment downto the creation of man–it was the ... description of the earth' and a discussion ofthe stars and their movements. Philosophers continued the scientific ...
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Myth Historyand Archaeology II Sources | |
the Economy XIV The Comingof the Persians XV The Leadership of Greece Sparta and Athens | |
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| Titill | Early Greece |
| Höfundur | Oswyn Murray |
| Útgefandi | HarperCollins UK, 2013 |
| ISBN | 0007560400, 9780007560400 |
| Length | 368 síður |
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