The Shortest History Of Greece

Author : James Heneage
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615199495

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The Shortest History of Greece: The Odyssey of a Nation from Myth to Modernity (Shortest History) by James Heneage Pdf

Discover the cultural and political riches of Greece across 3,000 years, from classical might to modern rebirth. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. Philosophy, art, democracy, language, even computers—the glories of Greek civilization have shaped our world even more profoundly than we realize. Pericles and the Parthenon may be familiar, but what of Epaminondas, the Theban general who saved the Greek world from Spartan tyranny? Alexander the Great’s fame has rolled down the centuries, but the golden Hellenistic Age that followed is largely forgotten. “Byzantine” conjures decadence and deadly intrigue, yet the thousand-year empire that ruled from Constantinople and saved Europe twice from invasion was, in fact, Greek. Greece’s modern chapter, too, tells of triumph and calamity—from liberation and expansion to schism, homegrown dictatorship, Nazi occupation, and civil war. Today’s nation is battered by austerity, encroaching climate change, and a refugee crisis—yet unwavering in its ancient values. James Heneage captures the full Grecian drama in this riveting, short history, revealing Greece as the wellspring of Western civilization—and a model that may yet save modern democracy.

Author : Richard Clogg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0521004799

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A Concise History of Greece by Richard Clogg Pdf

This book provides a concise, illustrated introduction to the history of modern Greece, with a new final chapter about Greek history and politics to the present day. 56 illustrations. 10 maps.

Author : JAMES. HENEAGE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1913083241

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The Shortest History of Greece by JAMES. HENEAGE Pdf

Author : W. A. Heurtley
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : History
ISBN : 0521094542

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A Short History of Greece by W. A. Heurtley Pdf

Author : Sarah B. Pomeroy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132216651

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A Brief History of Ancient Greece by Sarah B. Pomeroy Pdf

The story of the ancient Greeks is one of the most improbable success stories in world history. A small group of people inhabiting a country poor in resources and divided into hundreds of quarreling states created one of the most remarkable civilizations ever. Comprehensive and balanced, A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture, Second Edition is a shorter version of the authors' highly successful Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History, Second Edition (OUP, 2008). Four leading authorities on the classical world offer a lively and up-to-date account of Greek civilization and history in all its complexity and variety, covering the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era, and integrating the most recent research in archaeology, comparative anthropology, and social history. They show how the early Greeks borrowed from their neighbors but eventually developed a distinctive culture all their own, one that was marked by astonishing creativity, versatility, and resilience. Using physical evidence from archaeology, the written testimony of literary texts and inscriptions, and anthropological models based on comparative studies, this compact volume provides an account of the Greek world that is thoughtful and sophisticated yet accessible to students and general readers with little or no knowledge of Greece.

Author : James Hawes
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615198153

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The Shortest History of England: Empire and Division from the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit - A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History) by James Hawes Pdf

How the most powerful country in the UK was forged by invasion and conquest, and is fractured by its north-south divide. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. England—begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, star of beloved period dramas, and home of the House of Windsor—is not quite the stalwart island fortress that many of us imagine. Riven by an ancient fault line that predates even the Romans, its fate has ever been bound up with that of its neighbors; and for the past millennia, it has harbored a class system like nowhere else on Earth. This bracing tour of the most powerful country in the United Kingdom reveals an England repeatedly invaded and constantly reinvented—yet always fractured by its very own Mason-Dixon Line. It carries us swiftly through centuries of conflict between Crown and Parliament (starring the Magna Carta), America’s War of Independence, the rise and fall of empire, two World Wars, and England’s break from the EU. We discover: why the American colonists of 1776 believed that they were the true Anglo-Saxons how the British Empire was undermined from within why Winston Churchill said the UK could only be saved by splitting up England itself and how populism spawned Brexit and its “new elite.” The Shortest History of England brings all this and more to prescient life—offering the most direct, compelling route to understanding the country behind today’s headlines.

Author : PJ Rhodes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857735515

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A Short History of Ancient Greece by PJ Rhodes Pdf

Classical Greece and its legacy have long inspired a powerful and passionate fascination. The civilization that bequeathed to later ages drama and democracy, Homer and heroism, myth and Mycenae and the Delphic Oracle and the Olympic Games has, perhaps more than any other, helped shape the intellectual contours of the modern world. P J Rhodes is among the most distinguished historians of antiquity. In this elegant, zesty new survey he explores the archaic (8th–early 5th centuries BCE), classical (5th and 4th centuries BCE) and Hellenistic (late 4th–mid-2nd centuries BCE) periods up to the beginning of Roman hegemony. His scope is that of the peoples who originated on the Greek mainland and Aegean islands who later migrated to the shores of the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and then (following the conquests of Alexander) to the Near East and beyond. Exploring topics such as the epic struggle with Persia; the bitter rivalry of Athens and Sparta; slaves and ethnicity; religion and philosophy; and literature and the visual arts, this authoritative book will attract students and non-specialists in equal measure.

Author : Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107619357

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A Short History of the Greeks by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh Pdf

Originally published in 1901, this book was intended as a history of the Greeks and an outline of the continuing influence of ancient Greek culture.

Author : John S. Koliopoulos,Thanos M. Veremis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1444314831

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Modern Greece by John S. Koliopoulos,Thanos M. Veremis Pdf

Modern Greece: A History since 1821 is a chronologicalaccount of the political, economic, social, and cultural history ofGreece, from the birth of the Greek state in 1821 to 2008 by twoleading authorities. Pioneering and wide-ranging study of modern Greece, whichincorporates the most recent Greek scholarship Sets the history of modern Greece within the context of a broadgeo-political framework Includes detailed portraits of leading Greek politicians Provides in-depth considerations on the profound economic andsocial changes that have occurred as a result of Greece’s EUmembership

Author : W. S. Robinson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1330265386

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A Short History of Greece by W. S. Robinson Pdf

Excerpt from A Short History of Greece This short History of Greece is intended for younger students before they reach the standard of such books as Smiths or Omans Histories. My aim has been to give a plain straightforward and continuous narrative of the career of the chief States which made up the Greek race; and at the same time to point out the principles underlying their various lines of conduct and the general course of Greek history, especially as regards the eventual loss of national freedom; so that the learner, while having plenty of facts to form a solid foundation for his knowledge, may at the same time be gradually led on to acquire some grasp of the history as a whole, and obtain some insight into the manner in which thevarious events all contributed to the general result. The wars and battles have perhaps been described at rather greater length than is usual in elementary histories; my object has been to increase their interest by making the reasons for the various operations and their results more intelligible. Maps have been added to explain the more important operations, and in a few cases battle plans: for these I do not claim any originality, having simply followed standard histories and atlases. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Victor Parker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781405190336

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A History of Greece, 1300 to 30 BC by Victor Parker Pdf

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

Author : James Hirst
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615199150

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The Shortest History of Europe: How Conquest, Culture, and Religion Forged a Continent - A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History) by James Hirst Pdf

Uncover the decisive moments that shaped a world-changing continent. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. Celebrated historian John Hirst draws from his own lectures to deliver this ultra-accessible master class on the making of modern Europe, from Ancient Greece through World War II. With over 600,000 copies sold worldwide, this brief history is a global sensation propelled by a thesis of astonishing simplicity: Just three elements—German warfare, Greek and Roman culture, and Christianity—come together to explain everything else, from the Crusades to the Industrial Revolution. Hirst’s razor-sharp grasp of cause and effect helps us see with sparkling clarity how the history of Europe—the crucible of liberal democracy—shapes the way we live today.

Author : W. A. Heurtley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Greece
ISBN : OCLC:6932362

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A Short History of Greece by W. A. Heurtley Pdf

Author : John Bagnell Bury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Greece
ISBN : HARVARD:TZ1UHK

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A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury Pdf

Author : David Gemmell
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345486080

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Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow by David Gemmell Pdf

With this first masterly volume in an epic reimagining of the Trojan War, David Gemmell has written an ageless drama of brave deeds and fierce battles, of honor and treachery, of love won and lost. He is a man of many names. Some call him the Golden One; others, the Lord of the Silver Bow. To the Dardanians, he is Prince Aeneas. But to his friends, he is Helikaon. Strong, fast, quick of mind, he is a bold warrior, hated by his enemies, feared even by his Trojan allies. For there is a darkness at the heart of the Golden One, a savagery that, once awakened, can be appeased only with blood. Argurios the Mykene is a peerless fighter, a man of unbending principles and unbreakable will. Like all of the Mykene warriors, he lives to conquer and to kill. Dispatched by King Agamemnon to scout the defenses of the golden city of Troy, he is Helikaon’s sworn enemy. Andromache is a priestess of Thera betrothed against her will to Hektor, prince of Troy. Scornful of tradition, skilled in the arts of war, and passionate in the ways of her order, Andromache vows to love whom she pleases and to live as she desires. Now fate is about to thrust these three together–and, from the sparks of passionate love and hate, ignite a fire that will engulf the world.