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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... influence as far as the Greek islands and Asia Minor . The age of heroes reflected the existence of a lost culture , which had lasted from about 1600 BC until the destruction of the main palace sites around 1200 . The excavations of Sir ...
... influence as far as the Greek islands and Asia Minor . The age of heroes reflected the existence of a lost culture , which had lasted from about 1600 BC until the destruction of the main palace sites around 1200 . The excavations of Sir ...
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... influence of a more advanced civilization: the barbarian kingdoms of the early Byzantine world, such as the ... influenced Mycenae was the world of Knossos, itself on the fringes of an area where the centralized palace economy and ...
... influence of a more advanced civilization: the barbarian kingdoms of the early Byzantine world, such as the ... influenced Mycenae was the world of Knossos, itself on the fringes of an area where the centralized palace economy and ...
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... influence in Hesiod's poetry (ch. 6) also distinguish him from the Homeric tradition. The evidence of inscriptions ... influenced in various ways by literacy: these ways are all related to the function of writing in preserving ...
... influence in Hesiod's poetry (ch. 6) also distinguish him from the Homeric tradition. The evidence of inscriptions ... influenced in various ways by literacy: these ways are all related to the function of writing in preserving ...
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... influence on Solon of Athens was great. Solon was appointed chief magistrate of Athens in 594 to solve serious economic and social unrest; his early fragments attack the injustices of Athenian society in a way that shows the use of ...
... influence on Solon of Athens was great. Solon was appointed chief magistrate of Athens in 594 to solve serious economic and social unrest; his early fragments attack the injustices of Athenian society in a way that shows the use of ...
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... influence on him, for they compiled a type of local history very different from his broad conception. For the ancient world Herodotus was 'the father of history', and that judgement must stand. But he had also the reputation of being a ...
... influence on him, for they compiled a type of local history very different from his broad conception. For the ancient world Herodotus was 'the father of history', and that judgement must stand. But he had also the reputation of being a ...
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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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