Early GreeceFontana, 1980 - 319 síður Within the space of three centuries leading up to the great Persian invasion of 480 B.C., Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilization 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 places this remarkable development in the context of Mediterranean civilization. He shows how contact with the East acted as a catalyst to transform art and religion, analyzes the invention of the alphabet and the conceptual changes it brought, describes the expansion of Greece in trade and colonization and investigates the relationship between military technology and political progress in the overthrow of aristocratic governments. |
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... Peisistratos of Athens and Polykrates of Samos to gain power . These two last examples show the instability of con- temporary politics : though Peisistratos had some support within Attica , he finally seized power with massive help from ...
... Peisistratos of Athens and Polykrates of Samos to gain power . These two last examples show the instability of con- temporary politics : though Peisistratos had some support within Attica , he finally seized power with massive help from ...
Síða 190
... Peisistratos . In 561 Peisistratos seized power as tyrant , but the other two groups drove him out ; after a marriage alliance with Megakles he returned , but was again expelled , and only finally seized power with the help of Lygdamis ...
... Peisistratos . In 561 Peisistratos seized power as tyrant , but the other two groups drove him out ; after a marriage alliance with Megakles he returned , but was again expelled , and only finally seized power with the help of Lygdamis ...
Síða 290
... Peisistratos ' final tyranny at Athens ( 546-528 ) Cyrus conquers Lydia 545 The year the Mede arrived Late sixth century : Theognis of Megara , Xenophanes , Pythag- oras 539 Cyrus conquers Babylon ; return of the Jews from exile 530 ...
... Peisistratos ' final tyranny at Athens ( 546-528 ) Cyrus conquers Lydia 545 The year the Mede arrived Late sixth century : Theognis of Megara , Xenophanes , Pythag- oras 539 Cyrus conquers Babylon ; return of the Jews from exile 530 ...
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Myth History and Archaeology | 13 |
Sources | 21 |
the Aristocracy | 38 |
Höfundarréttur | |
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