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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... vase from Athens b Panathenaic prize vase Miniature sculpture a Ivory Astarte figure from Athens b Images of Sparta : the warrior c Images of Sparta : the woman Rituals a The sacrifice b The symposium 5 Writing and the Law a ...
... vase from Athens b Panathenaic prize vase Miniature sculpture a Ivory Astarte figure from Athens b Images of Sparta : the warrior c Images of Sparta : the woman Rituals a The sacrifice b The symposium 5 Writing and the Law a ...
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... vase , and serving therefore to emphasize admirably its shape . The basic alterna- tion of broad bands or narrow lines of glaze was painted by rotating the vase on the wheel : the multiple brush and com- passes were also used . Other ...
... vase , and serving therefore to emphasize admirably its shape . The basic alterna- tion of broad bands or narrow lines of glaze was painted by rotating the vase on the wheel : the multiple brush and com- passes were also used . Other ...
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... vase paintings come from about 700 ; by 685 there are also representations of the inside of the shield which show clearly the double grip . Some of these items of equipment , such as the offensive weapons and the corslet , were in use ...
... vase paintings come from about 700 ; by 685 there are also representations of the inside of the shield which show clearly the double grip . Some of these items of equipment , such as the offensive weapons and the corslet , were in use ...
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