{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-the-greeks-from-the-earliest-times-to-bc-146-paperback-9781107619357","title":"A Short History of the Greeks; From the Earliest Times to BC 146 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107619357","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Short History of the Greeks\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the Earliest Times to BC 146\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginally published in 1901, this book was intended as a history of the Greeks and an outline of the continuing influence of ancient Greek culture.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEvelyn S. Shuckburgh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107619357, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 July 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e442 pages\u003cbr\u003e19.8 x 12.9 x 2.3 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published in 1901, this book by Polybius scholar E. S. Shuckburgh was intended not only as a history of the Greeks from the time of the Homeric poems until the Roman conquest in 146 BC, but also as an outline of the continuing influence of ancient Greek culture in the modern world. The text is illustrated with maps and photographs of important statues, coins and ancient ruins. This book will be of value for anyone seeking a simple introduction to ancient Greece and its culture.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The Hellenes in Greece\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Homeric age to the age of colonisation\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Peloponnesus before BC 500\u003cbr\u003e 4. Athens and Attica\u003cbr\u003e 5. Athens (continued). The tyranny of Peisistratus and his sons, and its downfall\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Asiatic Greeks and the Persians\u003cbr\u003e 7. Darius and the Ionian revolt\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Persian wars (first period, BC 492–490)\u003cbr\u003e 9. The third Persian invasion\u003cbr\u003e 10. Salamis and Plataea\u003cbr\u003e 11. The confederacy of Delos\u003cbr\u003e 12. The continental and home policy of Pericles to the Thirty Years' Peace (BC 460–445)\u003cbr\u003e 13. The new Athens\u003cbr\u003e 14. The intellectual movement before the middle of the fifth century BC\u003cbr\u003e 15. Events leading to the disruption of the confederacy of Delos and to the league of states against Athens, issuing in the Peloponnesian war, BC 445–32\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Peloponnesian war to the peace of Nicias, BC 431–421. The unavowed war, BC 421–415\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Sicilian expedition and the fall of Athens, BC 415–405\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Spartan and Theban supremacies (BC 404–362)\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Macedonian period. From BC 361 to the battle of Chaeroneia, BC 338\u003cbr\u003e 20. Alexander the Great\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Greeks after Alexander's death\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Aetolian and Achean leagues\u003cbr\u003e 23. Growth of Roman supremacy in Greece\u003cbr\u003e 24. The Roman conquest of Greece, BC 193–146\u003cbr\u003e 25. Greek literature from the beginning of the fifth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265794199832,"sku":"9781107619357","price":27.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107619357i_d44dcf2c-d4b9-4d8d-9e87-7b892950f44d.jpg?v=1696770089","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-short-history-of-the-greeks-from-the-earliest-times-to-bc-146-paperback-9781107619357","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}