For courses in Greek History or Greek Civilization. Organised chronologically, this text presents a complete picture of Greek civilization 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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Contents   Maps Preface About the Authors Credits   1.    A Small, Far-Off Land    Historical Sketch      Why Study the Greeks?      Who Were the Greeks?      The Structure of This Book: History, Culture, and Society      Key Terms      Further Reading 2.    Country and People    Greek Geography, Climate, and Agriculture    Demography    Migration    Health and Disease    Nutrition    Economic Growth in Ancient Greece      Key Terms      Further Reading 3.    The Greeks at Home      Gender Relationships: Ideals and Realities      Sexuality      Adults and Children      Key Terms      Further Reading 4.    The Greeks Before History, 12,000-1200 B.C.    The End of the Last Ice Age, 12,000-11,000 B.C.    The Origins of Agriculture, 11,000-5000 B.C.    Greeks and Indo-Europeans    Neolithic Society and Economy, 5000-3000 B.C.    The Early Bronze Age, 3000-2300 B.C.    The Middle Bronze Age, 2300-800 B.C.    The Age of Minoan Palaces, 2000-600 B.C.    The Rise of Mycenaean Greece, 1750-500 B.C.    The End of Minoan Civilization, 1600-1400 B.C.    Mycenaean Greece: Archaeology, Linear B, and Homer    The End of the Bronze Age, circa 200 B.C.      Key Terms      Further Reading 5.    The Dark Age, 1200-800 B.C.      The Collapse of the Old States      Life Among the Ruins      Dark Age Heroes      Art and Trade in the Dark Age      The Eighth-Century Renaissance: Economy      The Eighth-Century Renaissance: Society      The Eighth-Century Renaissance: Culture      Conclusion      Key Terms      Further Reading 6.    Homer    The Homeric Question    Milman Parry and Oral Poetry    The Oral Poet in Homer    Heinrich Schliemann and the Trojan War    The Tragic Iliad    Homer and the Invention of Plot    The Comic Odyssey    Odysseus and Homer      Key Terms      Further Reading 7.    Religion and Myth    Definitions of Religion and Myth      Hesiod’s Myth of the Origin of the Gods    Greek Religion in History    Forms of Greek Religious Practice    Hesiod’s Myth of Sacrifice    Gods and Other Mysterious Beings    Chthonic Religion    The Ungrateful Dead and the Laying of the Ghost    Ecstatic and Mystical Religion    Conclusion      Key Terms      Further Reading 8.    Ancient Greece, 800-480 B.C.: Economy, Society, Politics    Government by Oligarchy    Elite Culture    The Tyrants    The Structure of Archaic States    Conclusion  
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Comprehensive, balanced treatment of ancient Greece Examines the culture and the people as a whole.Generous quotations from major and minor authors. Allows students to hear the voices of the Greeks.In-depth examination of literary, artistic, and philosophical traditions. Allows students to thoroughly study the important contributions made in these fields.Chronological organisation provides names and the dates, arranges events sequentially, and carefully examines cultural achievements and social transformations that accompanied the cascade of historical events.Superior art program—Features numerous illustrations of landscapes, objects, buildings, and maps. Shows students how the Greeks saw things and what they saw.Student-friendly writing style—Makes use of modern prose and offers students a well-structured and clear presentation that is easy to comprehend.
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All extracts have now been translated by the authors to insure stylistic unformity and textual coherence Coverage of Macedon, Alexander and Hellenism have been reorganized to provide better narrative flow.Each chapter has been updated with revised scholarship.Maps have been re-drawn to insure accuracy and to improve clarity.
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ISBN
9781292022383
Publisert
2013-07-18
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Pearson Education Limited
Vekt
1252 gr
Høyde
280 mm
Bredde
220 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
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Engelsk
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Heftet
Antall sider
584