Ancient Greece
Subtitle: from prehistoric to Hellenistic times
By: Thomas R. Martin
Edition: Second Edition.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780300160055
Subjects: History
Description: Offers a comprehensive history of ancient Greece. This title brings alive Greek civilisation from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B C E. Focusing on the development of the Greek city state and the society, culture, and architecture of Athens in its Golden Age, it integrates political, military, social, and cultural history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Backgrounds of ancient Greek history; title: From Indo-Europeans to Mycenaeans; title: The dark age; title: The archaic age; title: Oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy; title: From Persian wars to Athenian empire; title: Culture and society in classical Athens; title: The Peloponnesian War and its aftermath at athens; title: From the Peloponnesian War to Alexander the Great; title: The Hellenistic age.