The story of civilization
| Title | The story of civilization
The life of Greece: being a history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the death of Alexander, to the Roman conquest ; with an introduction on the prehistoric culture of Crete |
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| Author | by Will Durant |
| Publication | Simon & Schuster |
| Size | XVIII, 754p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 0671418009 |
| Topics |
Greece--History--To 323 BC (Classic) Civilization--Greece |
| Notes | Contents: Aegean prelude: 3500-1000 BC: Chronological table -- Crete -- Before Agamemnon -- Heroic age -- Rise of Greece: 1000-480 BC: Chronological table - -Sparta -- Athens -- Great migration -- Greeks in the West -- Gods of Greece -- Common culture of early Greece -- Struggle for freedom -- Golden age: 480-399 BC: Chronological table -- Pericles and the democratic experiment -- Work and wealth in Athens -- Morals and manners of the Athenians -- Art of Periclean Greece -- Advancement of learning -- Conflict of philosophy and religion -- Literature of the golden age -- Suicide of Greece -- Decline and fall of Greek freedom: 399-322 BC: Chronological table -- Philip -- Letters and arts in the fourth century -- Zenith of philosophy -- Alexander -- Hellenistic Dispersion: 322-146 BC: Chronological table -- Greece and Macedon -- Hellenism and the Orient -- Egypt and the West -- Books -- Art of the dispersion -- Climax of Greek science -- Surrender of philosophy -- Coming of Rome -- Epilogue: Our Greek heritage -- Glossary of foreign words -- Index. |
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