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Greek History: The Basics

Autor Robin Osborne
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 mai 2014
Greek History: The Basics is a concise introduction to the study of Ancient Greece from the end of the Bronze Age (c. 1200BC) to the Hellenistic era. With a chapter on each key period of Greece's ancient history, the book covers all of the central topics, approaches and issues. Featuring maps, timelines, annotated guides to further reading and chapter summaries, this book is an ideal introduction for all students of Greek history.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415644648
ISBN-10: 041564464X
Pagini: 198
Ilustrații: 1 black & white tables, 10 black & white halftones
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Undergraduate

Cuprins

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 expression  7. The unity and diversity of the Greek city  8. The time of Alexander the Great  9. The Hellenistic Era

Notă biografică

Professor Robin Osborne is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow and Senior Tutor at King's College.


Descriere

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 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.