Early GreeceHarperCollins UK, 19. des. 2013 - 368 síður Now available in ebook format. Within the space of three centuries, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilisation 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 of this book places this development in the context of Mediterranean civilisation, providing an account of the transformation that launched Western culture. |
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... culture: the palaces were destroyed either by passing raiders, likethe laterViking harassment ofCelticand AngloSaxon culture, or by local uprisings of a subject people. Butdespitethe existence of somecultural continuity afterthefall of ...
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... cultures have noted that one of the main functions of traditional elements is to increase the scope for creativity: the ... culture to writtentext often provides an impulse for the traditionalpoet to attemptamonumental poem withacomplex ...
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... cultural influences whichmayhave affectedits literarystructure. The past is remembered not so much for its ownsakeas forits relevancetothe present interests ofa particular group; and each group imposes its characteristic deformation on ...
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... culture –Sparta, Aegina, Olympia, Athens, Samos, the Argolid,the Sicilian colonies; some less obvioussites turn outto be particularly rewarding because oftheirposition – for instanceAl Mina in north Syriaor Naucratisin Egypt ...
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... culture,its interdependence and local variations, theexternal influences on itand themeansby which they arrived. It has illuminated the patterns of trade and colonization, andthemajor advances in warfare which lieatthe basis of Greek ...
... culture,its interdependence and local variations, theexternal influences on itand themeansby which they arrived. It has illuminated the patterns of trade and colonization, andthemajor advances in warfare which lieatthe basis of Greek ...
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Myth Historyand Archaeology II Sources | |
the Economy XIV The Comingof the Persians XV The Leadership of Greece Sparta and Athens | |
Plate Section Date chart | |
Further reading General index About the Author | |
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