Polis
Subtitle: An Introduction to the Ancient Greek City-State
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 13, 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780199208500
First sentence: In the very long perspective there are three milestones in the history of mankind before the Industrial Revolution: (1) the change from hunting and fishing to agriculture and herding as the most important mode of getting a living, (2) the change from dispe