EARLY GREECE
by Murray, Oswyn
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0006861083
- ISBN 13
- 9780006861089
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Fontana Press. Good+. 1986. Softcover. 0006861083 . Pages tanned. Minor ink notes and underlining. Spine sunned. ; Fontana History of the Ancient World; 320 pages; Within the space of 300 years, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple society into a sophisticated civilization which dominated the shores of the Mediterranean. This book places the development of Greece in the context of Mediterranean civilization. Within the space of three centuries, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilization which dominated the shores of the Mediterranean from Spain to Syria and from the Crimea to Egypt - a culture whose achievements in the fields of art, science, philosophy and politics were to establish the canons of the Western world. The author of this book places this development in the context of Mediterranean civilization, providing an account of the transformation that launched Western culture. .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33297
- Title
- EARLY GREECE
- Author
- Murray, Oswyn
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0006861083
- ISBN 13
- 9780006861089
- Publisher
- Fontana Press
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 0006861083, Ancient, Greek History, Classical Greek & Roman, Greece, Europe
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