The Creativity of Crete City States and the Foundations of the Modern World |
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| Author:
| Cross, Malcolm |
| Series title: | Signal Bks. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-904955-95-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Publisher: | Signal Books
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $34.99 |
Book Description:
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Crete is famous for its Minoan civilization, which by1200BC had come to an end. It is far less well known thatless than 600 years later, Crete pioneered the idea ofthe 'city-state' and developed it for longer thananywhere else in the ancient Greek world. Thought byHomer to have numbered up to one hundred, even thewhereabouts of many of ......
Crete is famous for its Minoan civilization, which by1200BC had come to an end. It is far less well known thatless than 600 years later, Crete pioneered the idea ofthe 'city-state' and developed it for longer thananywhere else in the ancient Greek world. Thought byHomer to have numbered up to one hundred, even thewhereabouts of many of ......