| Description |
1 online resource (199 pages) |
| Series |
The Basics |
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Basics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1 Familiar but exotic: why Greece needs history; 2 Inventing the Greek polis; 3 How many Greeks were there and how did any of them survive?; 4 Law, tyranny and the invention of politics; 5 Making enemies; 6 The city of freedom and oppression; 7 The unity and diversity of the Greek city; 8 Making way for Alexander; 9 Greece becomes history; Timeline; Further reading; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Greek History: The Basics is a concise and compelling introduction to the study of Ancient Greece from the end of the Bronze Age to rule by Rome. With a chapter on each crucial period of Greece's ancient history, the book covers the key topics, approaches and issues at the heart of Greek History, including: The invention of politics and the rise of democracy The central role played by the Greek city The insights from cultural, political, demographic and economic history The benefits and pitfalls of working wit |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
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Civilization
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057041
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Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057074
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| Subject |
Greece
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317690160 |
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1317690168 |
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