Greece A Short History of a Long Story 7 000 BCE to the Present 1st Edition by Carol Thomas ISBN 978-1118631751 1118631757
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ISBN 10: 1118631757
ISBN 13: 978-1118631751
Author: Carol G. Thomas
Greece: A Short History of a Long Story presents a comprehensive overview of the history of Greece by exploring the continuity of Greek culture from its Neolithic origins to the modern era.
Tells the story of Greece through individual personalities that inhabited various periods in the lengthy sweep of Greek history
Uses an approach based on recent research that includes DNA analysis and analyses of archaeological materials
Explores ways in which the nature of Greek culture was continually reshaped over time
Features illustrations that portray the people of different eras in Greek history along with maps that demonstrate the physical sphere of Greece and major events in each of the periods
Table of contents:
1. Mountains and Sea
The Physical Character of Greece
Earliest Inhabitants
Neolithic Period: Settled Life in Greece
Kuria
Notes
Further Reading
2. The Age of Heroes
The Role of Islands
The Greek Age of Heroes
Penelope and Odysseus
Notes
Further Reading
3. End of the Bronze Age: Slow Reshaping
The Dark Age
Archaic Age: Revival
Establishing Classical Greece
Hesiod
Notes
Further Reading
4. The Second Age of Heroes: Classical Greece
Mediterranean Impact
The Golden Age
Athens’ Rise to Dominance
Socrates, Citizen of Athens: Wisest Man in the World?
Outcome: The Peloponnesian War
Fourth-Century Greece
Notes
Further Reading
5. Incorporation into a Larger State
The Northern Neighbor: Macedon
Alexander III
Alexander’s Successors
The Greatest of Kings: Philip II
Notes
Further Reading
6. Graecia Capta: Roman Control
Roman Administration
Life in the Province of Achaea
Polybius: A Greek Captive Praises Rome
Notes
Further Reading
7. Power Returns to Greece: The Byzantine Empire
Separation from Rome
Restoration of Order
Decline
The Byzantine Greek World
Administration
Economic Health
Byzantine Culture
Anna Comnena: Daughter of the Emperor and Historian of Byzantium
Notes
Further Reading
8. Ottoman Greece: 1453–1821
Ottoman Control of Greece
Eighteenth Century
Those Who Said “No”
Theodore Kolokotronis
Adamantios Korais
Rigas Velestinlis (Pheraios)
Notes
Further Reading
9. Building a New State: 1821–1935
Enter Otto I
1862–1913
Eleftherios Venizelos, 1864–1936
1922–1935
Notes
Further Reading
10. A Player in the Modern World: 1935 to Present
Resistance Fighters
1944–1952
1952 to Present
Greece in the New World Order
Constantine and Costas Karamanlis
Notes
Further Reading
11. Conclusion: Past and Present
Notes
Further Reading
Chronology: Major Ages of Greek History
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