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Greek History: The Basics [Kietas viršelis]

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(University of Cambridge, UK)
  • Formatas: Hardback, 198 pages, aukštis x plotis: 198x129 mm, weight: 294 g, 1 Tables, black and white; 10 Halftones, black and white
  • Serija: The Basics
  • Išleidimo metai: 30-May-2014
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415644658
  • ISBN-13: 9780415644655
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Hardback, 198 pages, aukštis x plotis: 198x129 mm, weight: 294 g, 1 Tables, black and white; 10 Halftones, black and white
  • Serija: The Basics
  • Išleidimo metai: 30-May-2014
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415644658
  • ISBN-13: 9780415644655
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
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 Greeces 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 with different types of sources.

Featuring maps, illustrations, a timeline and annotated guides to further reading, this book is an engaging and authoritative introduction for students of Ancient Greek History.
List of illustrations
viii
Abbreviations ix
Preface x
Introduction 1(8)
1 Familiar but exotic: why Greece needs history
9(16)
2 Inventing the Greek polis
25(16)
3 How many Greeks were there and how did any of them survive?
41(15)
4 Law, tyranny and the invention of politics
56(15)
5 Making enemies
71(14)
6 The city of freedom and oppression
85(16)
7 The unity and diversity of the Greek city
101(15)
8 Making way for Alexander
116(13)
9 Greece becomes history
129(15)
Timeline 144(6)
Further reading 150(12)
Bibliography 162(15)
Index 177
Robin Osborne is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Kings College, Cambridge and of the British Academy.