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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... sixth century , the political reforms of Solon show that in some cities the process was already far advanced by the end of the seventh century ; and it may well be significant that one of the earliest tyrannies arose in the most ...
... sixth century , the political reforms of Solon show that in some cities the process was already far advanced by the end of the seventh century ; and it may well be significant that one of the earliest tyrannies arose in the most ...
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... sixth century were centrally minted to the Corinthian design of a winged Pegasus , with mere lettering to denote the individual city ; and as late as the fifth century they were receiving magistrates sent out from Corinth . It seems ...
... sixth century were centrally minted to the Corinthian design of a winged Pegasus , with mere lettering to denote the individual city ; and as late as the fifth century they were receiving magistrates sent out from Corinth . It seems ...
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... sixth century , with the growth of payments on public works , to officials , soldiers and workmen , and receipts of fines , dues , taxes , state rents and other types of income . The coin , stamped with the official seal of the city ...
... sixth century , with the growth of payments on public works , to officials , soldiers and workmen , and receipts of fines , dues , taxes , state rents and other types of income . The coin , stamped with the official seal of the city ...
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