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A history of Greece to 322 B.C.
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A history of Greece to 322 B.C.

Author: N G L Hammond
Publisher: Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 3rd edView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: N G L Hammond
ISBN: 0198730969 9780198730965 0198730950 9780198730958
OCLC Number: 13329295
Notes: Includes index.
Description: xxi, 691 p., [13] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Contents: INTRODUCTION: The geography of the Greek peninsula and islands -- BOOK I: THE EARLY CIVILIZATIONS OF GREECE AND THE GREAT MIGRATIONS c. (c. 6000-850): The settlement of the Aegean Islands and Minoan civilization -- The Greek mainland and Mycenaean civilization -- The great migrations -- BOOK II: THE RENAISSANCE OF GREECE (850-546): A period of cultural and political revival (850-730) -- The colonial expansion of the Greek city-states -- The commercial development of the Greek states, c. 750--550 -- Warfare in the period, c. 750-550 -- Constitutional developments (excluding Athens) -- Constitutional developments at Athens and the Spartan alliance -- Religion and culture, c. 850-546 -- BOOK III: THE TRIUMPH OF GREECE (546-466): The advance of Persia and the growth of Athens -- The Spartan Alliance and the turbulence of the Greek states -- The Ionian Revolt and Persia's expedition against Athens and Eretria -- Xerxes' invasion of Greece -- The growth of the Athenian Alliance -- The Western Greeks c. 490-466 -- Literature, thought, and art (546-466) -- BOOK IV: THE GREAT WARS BETWEEN ATHENS AND SPARTA (466-404): Athens at war with Persia and Sparta -- The fifteen years of peace -- Art, literature and thought (466-431) -- The first part of the Peloponnesian War (433-421) -- The second part of the Peloponnesian War (421-404) -- The cultural crisis in the Peloponnesian War -- BOOK V: THE PERIOD OF TRANSIENT HEGEMONIES (404-386): The hegemony of Sparta (404-386) -- The autocratic methods of Dionysius and of Sparta (386-368) -- The collapse of the leading powers -- The social and economic background to the troubles of Greece -- BOOK VI: THE RISE AND EXPANSION OF MACEDON: Macedon wins a place among the Greek powers (359-346) -- Macedon gains control of the Greek states (346-336) -- The intellectual background of the Fourth Century -- Alexander and the Greeks defeat Persia (336-330) -- Alexander's Eastern conquests (330-323) -- The splitting of the empire and Antipater's occupation of Greece (323-321)
Responsibility: by N.G.L. Hammond.
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