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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... bronze , but for agricultural and industrial tools it is iron combination unknown in the real world , where the replace- ment of bronze by iron came first in the military sphere . Such examples do not however prove the artificiality of ...
... bronze , but for agricultural and industrial tools it is iron combination unknown in the real world , where the replace- ment of bronze by iron came first in the military sphere . Such examples do not however prove the artificiality of ...
Síða 124
... bronze rim , and later a thin bronze covering ; it was often decorated with a geometric or figured blazon , painted or of applied bronze . Its chief difference from previous shields was the unique double grip by forearm and hand ; this ...
... bronze rim , and later a thin bronze covering ; it was often decorated with a geometric or figured blazon , painted or of applied bronze . Its chief difference from previous shields was the unique double grip by forearm and hand ; this ...
Síða 149
... bronze , all the roof is well furnished with bright helmets ; white horse - hair plumes nod down from them , ornaments for the heads of men . Bronze shining greaves hang round and hide the pegs , a fence against the strong dart ...
... bronze , all the roof is well furnished with bright helmets ; white horse - hair plumes nod down from them , ornaments for the heads of men . Bronze shining greaves hang round and hide the pegs , a fence against the strong dart ...
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Myth History and Archaeology | 13 |
Sources | 21 |
the Aristocracy | 38 |
Höfundarréttur | |
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