| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 641 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
The Cambridge ancient history, 2nd ed. ; v. 7, pt. 1 |
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Cambridge ancient history ; v. 7, pt. 1.
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| Contents |
Sources for the period / F.W. Walbank -- The succession to Alexander / Édouard Will -- Monarchies and monarchic Ideas / F.W. Walbank -- The formation of the Hellenistic kingdoms / Édouard Will -- Ptolemaic Egypt / Sir E.G. Turner -- Syria and the East / Domenico Musti -- Macedonia and Greece / F.W. Walbank -- Cultural, social and economic features of the Hellenistic world / J.K. Davies -- Hellenistic science: its application in peace and war -- Hellenistic science / G.E.R. Lloyd -- War and siegecraft / Yvon Garlan -- Agriculture / Dorothy J. Thompson -- Building and townplanning / F.E. Winter -- Agathocles / K. Meister -- The Syrian-Egyptian Wars and the new lingdoms of Asia Minor / H. Heinen -- Macedonia and the Greek leagues / F.W. Walbank |
| Summary |
This volume of 'The Cambridge Ancient History' embraces the wide range of approaches and scholarships which have in recent decades transformed our view of late antiquity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-602) and indexes |
| Subject |
Civilization.
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057040
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Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057074
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Middle East -- History -- To 622.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090507
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| Subject |
Greece.
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Middle East.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Walbank, F. W. (Frank William), 1909-2008.
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| ISBN |
9781139054348 |
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1139054341 |
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9781139054348 |
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9780511466847 |
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0511466846 |
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