{"product_id":"a-history-of-greece-1300-to-30-bc-9781405190336","title":"A History of Greece 1300 to 30 BC","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Greece: 1300\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003ci\u003e30 BC\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces textual and archaeological evidence used by historians to reconstruct historical events during Greece's Bronze, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures numerous references to original source materials, including various fragmentary papyri, inscriptions, coins, and other literary sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides extensive coverage of the Hellenistic period, and covers areas excluded from most Greek history texts, including the Greek West\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures judicious use of illustrations throughout, and considers \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Boxes xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations and Reference Conventions xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Geography of Greece 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Bronze and “Dark Age”: circa 1300–800 BC \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Mycenaean Age 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The End of the Bronze Age and the Great Migrations 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Greece in the Later “Dark Age” (circa 900–750 BC) 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Archaic Period: circa 800–479 BC \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Colonization 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Sparta from the Messenian Wars to the Creation of the Peloponnesian League 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Tyranny 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Athens from Cylon to Cleisthenes 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Persia and the Ionian Revolt 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Persian Wars 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Classical Period: 479–323 BC \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e169\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Athenian Empire 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Sparta and Athens during the Pentecontaetia 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 From the Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War to the Peace of Nicias 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 From the Peace of Nicias to the Surrender of Athens 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Lacedaemonian Ascendancy in Greece 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Boeotian Ascendancy in Greece and the Second Athenian League 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The West from the Sicilian Expedition to the Campaigns of Timoleon 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Philip of Macedon and the Conquest of Greece 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Alexander the Great and the Conquest of Persia 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Hellenistic Period: 323–30 BC \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e317\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Wars of the Diadochi 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Creation of the Hellenistic States 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Sicily and the West from Agathocles to the First Punic War 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Hellenistic World in Equilibrium 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Coming of Rome 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Twilight of the Hellenistic World 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTables of Rulers 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 458\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407922930007,"sku":"9781405190336","price":29.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405190336.jpg?v=1730500968","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-history-of-greece-1300-to-30-bc-9781405190336","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}