Robert Morkot

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The cradle of Western civilisation, Ancient Greece was a land of contradictions and conflict. Charting topics as diverse as Minoan civilization, The Persian Wars, the Athenian Golden Age and the conquests of Alexander the Great, this book traces the development of this creative and restless people.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 182mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780140513356
• ISBN-10: 0140513353
• Artikelnr.: 22104947

Autorenporträt

Robert Morkot is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Exeter.

Inhaltsangabe

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece - Robert Morkot Timelines
Part I: Crete, Mycenae and the Heroic Age
Origins
King Minos and Knossos
The Mycenaean World
Bronze Age Trade
The Sea Peoples Controversy
The Collapse of Mycenae
The Trojan Wars
Minoan and Mycenaean Art
Part II: Dark Age to Athenian Ascendancy
Dark Age Greece
Rise of the City-States
Migration and Colonization
Egypt and Kyrenaica
The Greeks in Italy
Rise of the Tyrants
Athens Ascendant
The Classical Myths
Part III: The Persian Rival
Persia and the West
Kingdom of Macedonia
Persian Campaigns I
Persian Campaigns II
The Continuing Rivalry
The Rise of Sparta
Ancient Explorers
Greek Literature and Thought
Part IV: Perikles to Philip
Perikles and the Athenian Empire
Peloponnesian War - the Aegean
Peloponnesian War - Sicily
Sparta and Thebes
Kingdoms of Northern Greece
Decline of Athens
Philip and Macedonian Expansion
Greek Warfare
Part V: Alexander and After
Campaigns of Alexander
Alexander the General
Alexander's Spoils
Consolidation of the Kingdoms
New Kingdoms, New Rivalries
Kingdoms in Crisis
Roman Conquest
Architechture of Ancient Greece
Further Reading
Index
Acknowledgments