LEADER 04828nam 2200709 450 001 9910825826203321 005 20230126211059.0 010 $a0-691-17314-1 010 $a1-4008-6555-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400865550 035 $a(CKB)2670000000607278 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary11039088 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001461395 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11902156 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001461395 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11478407 035 $a(PQKB)10741901 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1991874 035 $a(OCoLC)905969778 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse49028 035 $a(DE-B1597)459770 035 $a(OCoLC)921866941 035 $a(OCoLC)999360842 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400865550 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1991874 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11039088 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL760108 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000607278 100 $a20150413h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurn|u||||u||r 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe rise and fall of classical Greece /$fJosiah Ober 210 1$aPrinceton, New Jersey ;$aOxford, England :$cPrinceton University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (447 p.) 225 0 $aThe Princeton History of the Ancient World 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-336-28822-1 311 0 $a0-691-14091-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tImages and Tables --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$t1. The Efflorescence of Classical Greece --$t2. Ants around a Pond: An Ecology of City-States --$t3. Political Animals: A Theory of Decentralized Cooperation --$t4. Wealthy Hellas: Measuring Efflorescence --$t5. Explaining Hellas' Wealth: Fair Rules and Competition --$t6. Citizens and Specialization before 550 BCE --$t7. From Tyranny to Democracy, 550-465 BCE --$t8. Golden Age of Empire, 478-404 BCE --$t9. Disorder and Growth, 403-340 BCE --$t10. Political Fall, 359-334 BCE --$t11. Creative Destruction and Immortality --$tAppendix I: Regions of the Greek World: Population, Size, Fame --$tAppendix II: King, City, and Elite Game --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aLord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and worked for high wages at specialized occupations. Middle-class spending drove sustained economic growth and classical wealth produced a stunning cultural efflorescence lasting hundreds of years. Why did Greece reach such heights in the classical period-and why only then? And how, after "the Greek miracle" had endured for centuries, did the Macedonians defeat the Greeks, seemingly bringing an end to their glory? Drawing on a massive body of newly available data and employing novel approaches to evidence, Josiah Ober offers a major new history of classical Greece and an unprecedented account of its rise and fall. Ober argues that Greece's rise was no miracle but rather the result of political breakthroughs and economic development. The extraordinary emergence of citizen-centered city-states transformed Greece into a society that defeated the mighty Persian Empire. Yet Philip and Alexander of Macedon were able to beat the Greeks in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE, a victory made possible by the Macedonians' appropriation of Greek innovations. After Alexander's death, battle-hardened warlords fought ruthlessly over the remnants of his empire. But Greek cities remained populous and wealthy, their economy and culture surviving to be passed on to the Romans-and to us. A compelling narrative filled with uncanny modern parallels, this is a book for anyone interested in how great civilizations are born and die. This book is based on evidence available on a new interactive website. To learn more, please visit: http://polis.stanford.edu/. 606 $aSocial change$zGreece$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aCity-states$zGreece$xHistory 607 $aGreece$xCivilization$yTo 146 B.C 607 $aGreece$xPolitics and government$yTo 146 B.C 607 $aGreece$xEconomic conditions$yTo 146 B.C 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 615 0$aCity-states$xHistory. 676 $a938 686 $aHIS002010$aBUS023000$aPOL010000$aPHI002000$aPHI019000$2bisacsh 700 $aOber$b Josiah$0153304 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825826203321 996 $aRise and fall of classical Greece$91551069 997 $aUNINA