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Atlas of the Greek world /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levi, Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Facts on File, [1984]
Subjects:
Greece > Civilization > To 146 B.C.
Mediterranean Region > Description and travel.
Mediterranean Region > Historical geography > Maps.
Civilization.
Historical geography.
Travel.
Greece.
Mediterranean Region.
Greece > Civilization > Maps.
Greek > Civilization.
To 146 B.C.
Maps.
Table of Contents:
  • The land in context. The geography of ancient Greece ; The study of ancient Greece
  • The age of bronze. The palace civilizations of Crete and Mycenae ; Mycenaean survivals ; The Homeric world
  • The age of tyranny. The 8th-century renaissance ; Archaic religious practice ; The birth of city-states ; The growth of literature
  • The age of Perikles. Athenian society in the 5th century ; The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars ; The classical revolution
  • The age of Alexander. New patterns in literature and religion ; The rise of Macedon ; The Alexandrian expansion ; The Roman conquest
  • The fate of Hellenism. The classical impact of Hellenism ; Post-classical revivals ; Language : the principal inheritance.