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"Athens has a history stretching back to Mycenaean times. In the fifth century B.C. it became the most significant community for the development of political thought and practice, art and culture that had ever been seen. It still retains a vital influence on the present day." "A Traveller's History of Athens describes the whole history of this great city from mythological and prehistoric times, through its artistic flowering in the classical age; its transformation in Roman times from a major player in world politics to a quiet university city, its decline into ruin and insignificance in the Middle Ages when it became the playground of Crusaders and their successors, the long period of subjection to the Ottoman empire; its recreation as the capital of a new nation in the nineteenth century, and one of the finest neo-classical cities in Europe, its troubled history in the twentieth century and its continuing place in the modern world. Throughout, quotations from contemporary sources enliven and illuminate the text."--BOOK JACKET.Read more...
Mythology and prehistory: from the beginnings to the end of the dark age --
The archaic period (750-479 BC) --
Classical Athens: the fifth century BC --
The Peloponnesian war --
Fourth century Athens --
Athens, Macedon and the coming of Rome, 322 --
86 BC --
Athens under roman rule, 86 BC --
ad 19 --
The Pax Romana, ad 19-560 --
Medieval Athens: (i) the byzantine empire; (ii) Athens under Frankish rule --
Ottoman Athens: (i)from the conquest to 1687; (ii) the growth of philhellenism; (iii) the war of independence, 1821-32 --
The reign of king Otho, 1833-1862 --
The reign of king George, 1863-1913 --
From the Balkan wars to the civil war: 1912-1949 --
Athens from 1949 to the present --Major buildings of Athens --
Excursions outside Athens --Chronological table --
Guide to further reading --
Maps and plans. Attica and its demes --
Classical Athens and the Themistoclean wall --
The 'valerian wall' --
Greece in 1388 --
The bazaar in ottoman times --
J.P. Babin's map of Athens --
Leo Von Klenze's plan for Athens --
In buildings chapter. The acropolis in classical times --
The PNYX --
The classical agora in roman times --
Byzantine churches of Athens.
"Athens has a history stretching back to Mycenaean times. In the fifth century B.C. it became the most significant community for the development of political thought and practice, art and culture that had ever been seen. It still retains a vital influence on the present day." "A Traveller's History of Athens describes the whole history of this great city from mythological and prehistoric times, through its artistic flowering in the classical age; its transformation in Roman times from a major player in world politics to a quiet university city, its decline into ruin and insignificance in the Middle Ages when it became the playground of Crusaders and their successors, the long period of subjection to the Ottoman empire; its recreation as the capital of a new nation in the nineteenth century, and one of the finest neo-classical cities in Europe, its troubled history in the twentieth century and its continuing place in the modern world. Throughout, quotations from contemporary sources enliven and illuminate the text."--BOOK JACKET.
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"Mythology and prehistory: from the beginnings to the end of the dark age -- The archaic period (750-479 BC) -- Classical Athens: the fifth century BC -- The Peloponnesian war -- Fourth century Athens -- Athens, Macedon and the coming of Rome, 322 -- 86 BC -- Athens under roman rule, 86 BC -- ad 19 -- The Pax Romana, ad 19-560 -- Medieval Athens: (i) the byzantine empire; (ii) Athens under Frankish rule -- Ottoman Athens: (i)from the conquest to 1687; (ii) the growth of philhellenism; (iii) the war of independence, 1821-32 -- The reign of king Otho, 1833-1862 -- The reign of king George, 1863-1913 -- From the Balkan wars to the civil war: 1912-1949 -- Athens from 1949 to the present --Major buildings of Athens -- Excursions outside Athens --Chronological table -- Guide to further reading -- Maps and plans. Attica and its demes -- Classical Athens and the Themistoclean wall -- The 'valerian wall' -- Greece in 1388 -- The bazaar in ottoman times -- J.P. Babin's map of Athens -- Leo Von Klenze's plan for Athens -- In buildings chapter. The acropolis in classical times -- The PNYX -- The classical agora in roman times -- Byzantine churches of Athens."
""Athens has a history stretching back to Mycenaean times. In the fifth century B.C. it became the most significant community for the development of political thought and practice, art and culture that had ever been seen. It still retains a vital influence on the present day." "A Traveller's History of Athens describes the whole history of this great city from mythological and prehistoric times, through its artistic flowering in the classical age; its transformation in Roman times from a major player in world politics to a quiet university city, its decline into ruin and insignificance in the Middle Ages when it became the playground of Crusaders and their successors, the long period of subjection to the Ottoman empire; its recreation as the capital of a new nation in the nineteenth century, and one of the finest neo-classical cities in Europe, its troubled history in the twentieth century and its continuing place in the modern world. Throughout, quotations from contemporary sources enliven and illuminate the text."--BOOK JACKET."
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A traveller's history of Athens/Richard Stoneman; New York : Interlink Books, 2004.
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