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* 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
* 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
Victor Parker is Associate Professor of Classics in the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has published some fifty specialized articles in Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern history as well as a commentary on the historian Ephorus.
List of Tables xii
List of Boxes xiii
Abbreviations and Reference Conventions xvi
Preface xxii
Introduction xxvii
1 The Geography of Greece 1
Part I: Bronze and "Dark Age": circa 1300-800 BC 21
2 The Mycenaean Age 23
3 The End of the Bronze Age and the Great Migrations 46
4 Greece in the Later "Dark Age" (circa 900-750 BC) 58
Part II: The Archaic Period: circa 800-479 BC 73
5 Colonization 75
6 Sparta from the Messenian Wars to the Creation of the Peloponnesian League 93
7 Tyranny 106
8 Athens from Cylon to Cleisthenes 121
9 Persia and the Ionian Revolt 138
10 The Persian Wars 151
Part III: The Classical Period: 479-323 BC 169
11 The Athenian Empire 171
12 Sparta and Athens during the Pentecontaetia 182
13 From the Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War to the Peace of Nicias 196
14 From the Peace of Nicias to the Surrender of Athens 210
15 The Lacedaemonian Ascendancy in Greece 227
16 The Boeotian Ascendancy in Greece and the Second Athenian League 243
17 The West from the Sicilian Expedition to the Campaigns of Timoleon 257
18 Philip of Macedon and the Conquest of Greece 272
19 Alexander the Great and the Conquest of Persia 293
Part IV: The Hellenistic Period: 323-30 BC 317
20 The Wars of the Diadochi 319
21 The Creation of the Hellenistic States 336
22 Sicily and the West from Agathocles to the First Punic War 351
23 The Hellenistic World in Equilibrium 364
24 The Coming of Rome 387
25 Twilight of the Hellenistic World 409
Tables of Rulers 429
Glossary 434
Index 458
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 512 |
| Inhalt: | 504 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781405190336 |
| ISBN-10: | 1405190337 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Parker, Victor |
| Hersteller: |
John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Maße: | 244 x 169 x 27 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Victor Parker |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 24.01.2014 |
| Gewicht: | 0,962 kg |
Victor Parker is Associate Professor of Classics in the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has published some fifty specialized articles in Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern history as well as a commentary on the historian Ephorus.
List of Tables xii
List of Boxes xiii
Abbreviations and Reference Conventions xvi
Preface xxii
Introduction xxvii
1 The Geography of Greece 1
Part I: Bronze and "Dark Age": circa 1300-800 BC 21
2 The Mycenaean Age 23
3 The End of the Bronze Age and the Great Migrations 46
4 Greece in the Later "Dark Age" (circa 900-750 BC) 58
Part II: The Archaic Period: circa 800-479 BC 73
5 Colonization 75
6 Sparta from the Messenian Wars to the Creation of the Peloponnesian League 93
7 Tyranny 106
8 Athens from Cylon to Cleisthenes 121
9 Persia and the Ionian Revolt 138
10 The Persian Wars 151
Part III: The Classical Period: 479-323 BC 169
11 The Athenian Empire 171
12 Sparta and Athens during the Pentecontaetia 182
13 From the Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War to the Peace of Nicias 196
14 From the Peace of Nicias to the Surrender of Athens 210
15 The Lacedaemonian Ascendancy in Greece 227
16 The Boeotian Ascendancy in Greece and the Second Athenian League 243
17 The West from the Sicilian Expedition to the Campaigns of Timoleon 257
18 Philip of Macedon and the Conquest of Greece 272
19 Alexander the Great and the Conquest of Persia 293
Part IV: The Hellenistic Period: 323-30 BC 317
20 The Wars of the Diadochi 319
21 The Creation of the Hellenistic States 336
22 Sicily and the West from Agathocles to the First Punic War 351
23 The Hellenistic World in Equilibrium 364
24 The Coming of Rome 387
25 Twilight of the Hellenistic World 409
Tables of Rulers 429
Glossary 434
Index 458
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 512 |
| Inhalt: | 504 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781405190336 |
| ISBN-10: | 1405190337 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Parker, Victor |
| Hersteller: |
John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Maße: | 244 x 169 x 27 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Victor Parker |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 24.01.2014 |
| Gewicht: | 0,962 kg |
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