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The Greeks : a global history /

"When we think of the Greeks, what comes to mind first is likely to be the artistic and scientific achievements of the group of city-states led by Athens and Sparta around two and a half thousand years ago-a civilization that laid foundation for much of the arts, science, politics, and law thro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beaton, Roderick (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Basic Books, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Civilization > Greek influences.
Greece > Civilization.
Greeks > Ethnic identity.
Greece > History.
HISTORY / Civilization.
Civilization.
Greece.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Of ledgers and legends (1500 BCE-c. 1180 BCE)
  • 'Homer's world, no ours' (c. 1180 BCE-c. 720 BCE)
  • Inventing politics, discovering the cosmos (c. 720 BCE-494 BCE)
  • The first world wars and the 'classical' age (494 BCE-404 BCE)
  • Cultural capital (404 BCE-322 BCE)
  • 'Becoming Greek' (322 BCE-27 BCE)
  • Rome's Greek empire (27 BCE-337 CE)
  • Becoming Christian (337-630)
  • 'The eyes of the universe' (630-1018)
  • 'City of the world's desire' (1018-1204)
  • Hopeful monsters (1204-1453)
  • Between two worlds (1453-1669)
  • 'Greek revival' (1669-1833)
  • European state, global nation (1833-1974)
  • New ledgers, new legends (1974-2021)
  • Epilogue.