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The world of the ancient Greeks / John Camp, Elizabeth Fisher.

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  • ISBN: 0500051127
  • ISBN: 9780500051122
  • Physical Description: 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2002.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-218) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
I Who were the Greeks? -- Ancient Greeks Defined 8 -- Historical Outline 14 -- Written Sources and Archaeological Discoveries 20 -- II First Greeks -- Palaeolithic and Neolithic Greece 26 -- Early Bronze Age 30 -- Arrival of the Greeks 34 -- III Heroic Age -- Mycenaean Palace 38 -- Mycenaean World 46 -- Crete 48 -- History or Myth? 52 -- End of the Palaces 56 -- IV Age of Expanding Horizons -- After the Palaces: The Dark Ages 60 -- Colonization 66 -- Panhellenism 68 -- Eastern Influence 70 -- Beginnings of Greek Literature 74 -- V Polis: The Early Greek City -- Greek City 78 -- Regional Diversity 88 -- Cities of the Mainland 84 -- East Greek Cities 94 -- Western Greek Cities 102 -- Fight for Survival 110 -- VI Classical Athens -- Rise of Athens 118 -- Government and Law 120 -- Commerce and Business 124 -- Religious Life 126 -- Dionysia and Greek Theatre 134 -- Intellectual Life: Education and Philosophy 138 -- Private Life 140 -- VII Gods and Heroes -- Sanctuaries, Festivals and Sacrifices 144 -- Twelve Olympian Gods 146 -- Heroes 152 -- Panhellenic Festivals 154 -- Medicine and Healing Cults 160 -- Oracular Shrines 162 -- VIII Greek Art and Architecture -- Sculpture 174 -- Pottery 182 -- Painting 184 -- Metalwork 186 -- IX Alexander and the Hellenistic World -- Historical Background 190 -- Conquest of Asia 194 -- Hellenistic Kingdoms 196 -- X Romans and Christians -- Roman Philhellenism 202 -- Hadrian and the Greek World 206 -- Rise of Christianity 208 -- Epilogue: Byzantines, Franks and Ottomans 212.
Subject:
Greece > Civilization > To 146 B.C.

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