Title: Greece in the making, 1200-479 BC /
Authors: Osborne, Robin, 1957-
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient, in literature.; Greece Civilization; Aegean Sea Region Antiquities.; Greece In literature.
Abstract: Covering Greek history from the Bronze Age to the Classical Period, this second edition offers a narrative based on contemporary archaeological and art historical evidence rather than on later written accounts. Sections on economic history, gender and sexuality have been considerably enhanced, with other sections greatly revised.
Contents: The traditions of history -- Setting the stage -- The problem of beginnings -- Forming communities : the eighth century BC -- The world of Hesiod and Homer -- Reforming communities : the seventh century -- The Greek world in 600 BC -- Inter-relating cities : the short sixth century (600-520 BC) -- The transformation of archaic Greece 520-479 BC.