Greeks, The, Pearson New International Edition, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (August 27, 2013) © 2014

  • Ian Morris Stanford University
  • Barry B. Powell University of Wisconsin-Madison
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For courses in Greek History or Greek Civilisation.

Organised chronologically, this text presents a complete picture of Greek civilisation as a history. It features sections on the art, architecture, literature, and thought of each period. This text presents students with the history of Greece from the prehistoric through the Mycenaean Period, the Dark Ages, the Classical Period, the Hellenistic, and the absorption of Greek culture by Rome.

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  • 1. A Small, Far-Off Land
  • 2. Country and People
  • 3. The Greeks at Home
  • 4. The Greeks Before History, 12,000-1200 B.C.
  • 5. The Dark Age, 1200-800 B.C.
  • 6. Homer
  • 7. Religion and Myth
  • 8. Ancient Greece, 800-480 B.C.: Economy, Society, Politics
  • 9. The Archaic Cultural Revolution, 700-480 B.C.
  • 10. A Tale of Two Archaic Cities: Sparta and Athens, 700-480 B.C.
  • 11. Persia and the Greeks, 550-490 B.C.
  • 12. The Great War, 480-479 B.C.
  • 13. Democracy and Empire; Athens and Syracuse, 479-431 B.C.
  • 14. Art and Thought in the Fifth Century B.C.
  • 15. Fifth-Century Drama
  • 16. The Peloponnesian War and Its Aftermath, 431-399 B.C.
  • 17. The Greeks between Persia and Carthage, 399-360 B.C.
  • 18. Greek Culture in the Fourth Century B.C.
  • 19. The Warlords of Macedon I: Philip II and Alexander the King
  • 20. The Warlords of Macedon II: Alexander the God
  • 21. The Successors to Alexander, 323-220 B.C
  • 22. The Greek Poleis, 323-220 B.C
  • 23. Hellenistic Culture, 323-30 B.C.
  • 24. The Coming of Rome, 220-30 B.C.
  • 25. Conclusion

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