num_pages: 416
description: The fifth century BC is often spoken of as Greece's `Golden Age' in both political and cultural terms. However in this book, Michael Grant sets out to remind us that the preceding 500 years were equally remarkable in their own way. This was the period before Athens rose to domination, when there were many hundreds of independent city-states; Grant examines policies, government and everyday life in many of them, providing us with a detailed overview of the Greek world, in a period too often overlooked.
language: English
title: The Rise of the Greeks
publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson