Greek History: The Basics

Forsideomslag
Routledge, 30. maj 2014 - 198 sider

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.

 

Indhold

List of illustrations
why Greece needs history
Inventing the Greek polis
How many Greeks were there and how did any of them
Law tyranny and the invention of politics
Making enemies
The city of freedom and oppression
The unity and diversity of the Greek city
Making way for Alexander
Greece becomes history
Timeline

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Om forfatteren (2014)

Robin Osborne is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge and of the British Academy.

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