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A History of Ancient Greece
Claude Orrieux
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Description for A History of Ancient Greece
Paperback. This is a single-volume introduction to Ancient Greece, covering the period from the Golden Age of Knossos and Mycenae to the incorporation of Greece into the Roman empire in the second century BC and the transfer of Greek culture to Byzantium in the fourth century. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBJQ; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 824.
This is a major, single-volume introduction to the whole of Ancient Greek History. It covers the period from the Golden Age of Knossos and Mycenae to the incorporation of Greece into the Roman empire in the second century BC. The book combines narrative and socio-economic history to cover all regions of Greece, including territories on the edge of the Greek and Hellenistic worlds, as well as the traditional centres such as Athens and Sparta.A History of Ancient Greece provides students with an accessible history of the region, combining accounts of the major events with in-depth analyses of the underlying issues. ... Read more
This is a major, single-volume introduction to the whole of Ancient Greek History. It covers the period from the Golden Age of Knossos and Mycenae to the incorporation of Greece into the Roman empire in the second century BC. The book combines narrative and socio-economic history to cover all regions of Greece, including territories on the edge of the Greek and Hellenistic worlds, as well as the traditional centres such as Athens and Sparta.A History of Ancient Greece provides students with an accessible history of the region, combining accounts of the major events with in-depth analyses of the underlying issues. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
452
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631203094
SKU
V9780631203094
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99-50
About Claude Orrieux
The late Claude Orrieux's was Professor at the University of Caen. His previous publications include Judaism-Hellenism (1986) and Investigations on the Hellenistic Armies (1987). Pauline Schmitt-Pantel's is Professor at the University of Picardie Jules Verne. Her previous publications in English include A History of Women in the West: From Ancient Goddesses to Christian Saints (editor, 1992) and Religion ... Read more
Reviews for A History of Ancient Greece
This will make an excellent textbook. Everyone teaching Greek history complains constantly of the lack of a good book. This one has a good balance of narrative and social/economic history. It's also unusual in trying to cover all areas of Greece, not just Athens and Sparta. I should add that I've read a couple of other Greek history textbooks in ... Read more