A History of Greece, 1300 to 30 BC |
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Author:
| Parker, Victor |
Series title: | Blackwell History of the Ancient World Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-118-55933-8 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Book Format: | Digital download |
List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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A History of Greece: 1300‒30 BC, offers a comprehensive introduction to the foundational political history of Greece, from the late Mycenaean Age through to the death of Cleopatra VII, the last Hellenistic monarch of Egypt.
- Introduces textual and archaeological evidence used by historians to reconstruct historical events during Greece's Bronze, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods
- Reveals the political and social structure of the...
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A History of Greece: 1300‒30 BC, offers a comprehensive introduction to the foundational political history of Greece, from the late Mycenaean Age through to the death of Cleopatra VII, the last Hellenistic monarch of Egypt.
- Introduces textual and archaeological evidence used by historians to reconstruct historical events during Greece's Bronze, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods
- Reveals the political and social structure of the Greek world in the late Mycenaean period (thirteenth century BC) through analysis of the Linear B tablets, the oldest surviving records in Greek
- Features numerous references to original source materials, including various fragmentary papyri, inscriptions, coins, and other literary sources
- Provides extensive coverage of the Hellenistic period, and covers areas excluded from most Greek history texts, including the Greek West
- Features judicious use of illustrations throughout, and considers instructors' teaching needs by structuring the later sections to facilitate teaching a parallel course in Roman History
- Balances scholarship with a reader-friendly approach to create an accessible introduction to the political history of one of most remarkable ancient civilizations and sophisticated periods of world history