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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... earlier non- Greek palace culture , with its zenith from about 2200 to 1450 BC ; it was named Minoan , after the legendary king of Crete , the first lawgiver in Greece and judge in the underworld . The influence of Minoan civilization ...
... earlier non- Greek palace culture , with its zenith from about 2200 to 1450 BC ; it was named Minoan , after the legendary king of Crete , the first lawgiver in Greece and judge in the underworld . The influence of Minoan civilization ...
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... earlier non - Indo - European language can be found in the survival of certain place names ( for instance those ending in -nthos and -assos ) , which are those of known centres of culture in the third millennium ; the extent to which ...
... earlier non - Indo - European language can be found in the survival of certain place names ( for instance those ending in -nthos and -assos ) , which are those of known centres of culture in the third millennium ; the extent to which ...
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... earlier than these buildings, and is neither a chief's house nor a temple. For the purpose of the structure is clear: centrally placed in the main room, two adjacent pits were dug at the same time as the building was constructed. In the ...
... earlier than these buildings, and is neither a chief's house nor a temple. For the purpose of the structure is clear: centrally placed in the main room, two adjacent pits were dug at the same time as the building was constructed. In the ...
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... earlier period is very obscure. The change in burial customs might indicate the arrival of a new people, the Dorians; but it could be explained as merely a reversion to older habits (the more spectacular forms of Mycenean burial were ...
... earlier period is very obscure. The change in burial customs might indicate the arrival of a new people, the Dorians; but it could be explained as merely a reversion to older habits (the more spectacular forms of Mycenean burial were ...
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... earlier, or to compose poems on more recent events. This oral epic flourished solely or primarily in Ionia, and its nature can best be illustrated from the linguistic peculiarities it exhibits. The dialect of epic is artificial: to an ...
... earlier, or to compose poems on more recent events. This oral epic flourished solely or primarily in Ionia, and its nature can best be illustrated from the linguistic peculiarities it exhibits. The dialect of epic is artificial: to an ...
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Euboean Society and Trade | |
Colonization | |
Warfare and the New Morality | |
Sparta and the Hoplite State | |
Athens and Social Justice | |
the Economy | |
The Coming of the Persians | |
The Great Persian | |
Plate Section | |
General index | |
About the Author | |
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