Traces the history of Greek civilization between 750 and 480 B.C., examines the politics, economics, art, and philosophy of the period, and shows the development of the foundations of classical Greece
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About the Author:
Michael Grant is a highly successful and renowned historian of the ancient world. He has held many academic posts including those of Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Professor of Humanity at Edinburgh University; Vice Chancellor of The Queen's University, Belfast and Vice Chancellor of the University of Khartoum. He is a Doctor of Letters at Dublin and a Doctor of Laws at Belfast. He has also been President of the Classical Association of England, the Virgil Society and the Royal Numismatic Society, and is a Medallist of the Ame
From Publishers Weekly:
The author, a classical historian, explores the primitive roots of an influential civilization in this wide-ranging survey of the "archaic" period (750-480 B.C.) of Greece--then some 700 scattered city-states, each bent on achieving self-sufficiency. "Grant's rewarding history turns up many surprises," PW observed .
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- PublisherCollier Books
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0020327811
- ISBN 13 9780020327813
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages391
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