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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829808003321

Autore

Thomas Carol G. <1938->

Titolo

Greece : a short history of a long story, 7,000 BCE to the present / / Carol G. Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-63190-0

1-118-63565-5

1-118-63176-5

1-118-63203-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Classificazione

HIS042000

Disciplina

949.5

Soggetti

Greece History

Greece Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mountains and Sea -- The Age of Heroes -- End of the Bronze Age : Slow Reshaping -- The Second Age of Heroes : Classical Greece -- Incorporation into a Larger State -- Graecia Capta : Roman Control -- Power Returns to Greece : The Byzantine Empire -- Ottoman Greece, 1453-1821 -- Building a New State, 1821-1935 -- A Player in the Modern World : 1935-Present.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--