A History of Greece, 1300 to 30 BC

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A History of Greece: 1300--30 BC, offers a comprehensive introduction to the foundational political history of Greece, from the late Mycenaean Age through to the death of Cleopatra VII, the last Hellenistic monarch of Egypt. 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 Zusammenfassung A History of Greece: 1300 30 BC, offers a comprehensive introduction to the foundational political history of Greece, from the late Mycenaean Age through to the death of Cleopatra VII, the last Hellenistic monarch of Egypt. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures ix 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 ...

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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.

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A History of Greece: 1300--30 BC, offers a comprehensive introduction to the foundational political history of Greece, from the late Mycenaean Age through to the death of Cleopatra VII, the last Hellenistic monarch of Egypt. 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

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A History of Greece: 1300 30 BC, offers a comprehensive introduction to the foundational political history of Greece, from the late Mycenaean Age through to the death of Cleopatra VII, the last Hellenistic monarch of Egypt.

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List of Figures ix

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