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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... Warrior Grave at Argos C Corinthian helmet of Miltiades Commemorative pottery a Geometric funerary vase from Athens b Panathenaic prize vase Miniature sculpture a Ivory Astarte figure from Athens b Images of Sparta : the warrior c ...
... Warrior Grave at Argos C Corinthian helmet of Miltiades Commemorative pottery a Geometric funerary vase from Athens b Panathenaic prize vase Miniature sculpture a Ivory Astarte figure from Athens b Images of Sparta : the warrior c ...
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... warrior might even be given a special grant of land by the people , a temenos ( the word survives from Mycenean Greek , though its meaning may have changed ) : ' Glaucus , why are we two especially honoured , with seats of honour and ...
... warrior might even be given a special grant of land by the people , a temenos ( the word survives from Mycenean Greek , though its meaning may have changed ) : ' Glaucus , why are we two especially honoured , with seats of honour and ...
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... warrior's two spears . It would seem that the throwing spear need not necessarily be lighter than the hoplite spear , and that in the early stages of hoplite fighting two spears were often carried , one of which might be thrown or used ...
... warrior's two spears . It would seem that the throwing spear need not necessarily be lighter than the hoplite spear , and that in the early stages of hoplite fighting two spears were often carried , one of which might be thrown or used ...
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Myth History and Archaeology | 13 |
Sources | 21 |
the Aristocracy | 38 |
Höfundarréttur | |
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