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Early Greece

Now available in ebook format. Within the space of three centuries, up to the great Persian invasion of 480 BC, 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
eBook, English, 2013
Harper Press, New York, 2013
1 online resource
9780007560400, 0007560400
930036306
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