The ancient Greeks : new perspectives / Stephanie Lynn Budin.
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TextSeries: Understanding ancient civilizationsPublication details: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004Description: xiii, 469 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cmISBN: 1576078140 (Hardback : alk. paper); 1576078159 (ebook)Subject(s): Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.CDDC classification: 938 LOC classification: DF77 | .B92 2004Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Review: "A scholarly, comprehensive work that engages the reader and makes history a pleasure, this book covers the whole of Ancient Greece - 3,000 years of art, culture, literature, politics, war, and empire. Until now, histories of Ancient Greece were either accessible to the general reader but out-of-date or current but too daunting for anyone but the specialist." "Using the full range of resources of art history, linguistics, archaeology, and literature, this book details the familiar - mythic heroes; famous scholars, scientists, and warriors; classical architecture - and introduces the obscure - the origins of the Greeks and their culture, including their first written language, Linear B cuneiform. More than a recitation of facts, the book provides an introduction to historical technique: How do historians know what they know; where do they disagree and why?"--BOOK JACKET.
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Location of Greek civilization and environmental setting -- Ch. 3. Historical and chronological setting -- Ch. 4. Origins, growth, and decline of Greek civilization -- Ch. 5. Economics -- Ch. 6. Social organization and social structure -- Ch. 7. Politics -- Ch. 8. Religion and ideology -- Ch. 9. Material culture -- Ch. 10. Intellectual accomplishments -- Ch. 11. Major controversies and future directions in the study of Greek civilization.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-449) and index.
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Location of Greek civilization and environmental setting -- Ch. 3. Historical and chronological setting -- Ch. 4. Origins, growth, and decline of Greek civilization -- Ch. 5. Economics -- Ch. 6. Social organization and social structure -- Ch. 7. Politics -- Ch. 8. Religion and ideology -- Ch. 9. Material culture -- Ch. 10. Intellectual accomplishments -- Ch. 11. Major controversies and future directions in the study of Greek civilization.
"A scholarly, comprehensive work that engages the reader and makes history a pleasure, this book covers the whole of Ancient Greece - 3,000 years of art, culture, literature, politics, war, and empire. Until now, histories of Ancient Greece were either accessible to the general reader but out-of-date or current but too daunting for anyone but the specialist." "Using the full range of resources of art history, linguistics, archaeology, and literature, this book details the familiar - mythic heroes; famous scholars, scientists, and warriors; classical architecture - and introduces the obscure - the origins of the Greeks and their culture, including their first written language, Linear B cuneiform. More than a recitation of facts, the book provides an introduction to historical technique: How do historians know what they know; where do they disagree and why?"--BOOK JACKET.
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