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- catalog abstract ""Charles Freeman's The Greek Achievement is the first book in a generation to trace the entire course of ancient Greek history across thousands of years - from the Mycenaean and Minoan civilizations of the Bronze Age through the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods. Celebrating the Greeks and their enduring legacy to the world, Freeman's account explores this incredibly rich and varied cultural heritage."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11342598.
- catalog coverage "Greece Civilization To 146 B.C. Influence.".
- catalog coverage "Greece Civilization To 146 B.C.".
- catalog coverage "Greece History To 146 B.C. Historiography.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Charles Freeman's The Greek Achievement is the first book in a generation to trace the entire course of ancient Greek history across thousands of years - from the Mycenaean and Minoan civilizations of the Bronze Age through the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods. Celebrating the Greeks and their enduring legacy to the world, Freeman's account explores this incredibly rich and varied cultural heritage."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-478) and index.".
- catalog description "Recreating the world of Ancient Greece -- The formation of the Greek world -- Homer's world: heroes and the coming of the city-state -- An expanding world: 800-500 B.C. -- New identities: the consolidation of the city-state -- Underlying patterns: land and slavery -- Underlying patterns: spiritual life -- Revolution in wisdom: new directions in the archaic age -- Creating the barbarian: the Persian wars -- The fifth century: the politics of power 479-404 B.C. -- The Athenian democracy -- Homage to Dionysus: the drama festivals -- Man is the measure: philosophers and speculators, 450-330 B.C. --Relationships -- Transitions: the Greek world in the fourth century B.C. -- Alexander -- The Hellenistic world -- Mathematics, science, and medicine -- The Greeks and Rome -- The Greeks in the Roman Empire -- Conclusion the Greek achievement.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 494 p., [24] p. of plates ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Greek achievement.".
- catalog identifier "0670885150".
- catalog isFormatOf "Greek achievement.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Viking,".
- catalog relation "Greek achievement.".
- catalog spatial "Greece Civilization To 146 B.C. Influence.".
- catalog spatial "Greece Civilization To 146 B.C.".
- catalog spatial "Greece History To 146 B.C. Historiography.".
- catalog subject "938 21".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Modern Greek influences.".
- catalog subject "DF77 .F697 1999".
- catalog subject "DF77 .F697 1999X".
- catalog tableOfContents "Recreating the world of Ancient Greece -- The formation of the Greek world -- Homer's world: heroes and the coming of the city-state -- An expanding world: 800-500 B.C. -- New identities: the consolidation of the city-state -- Underlying patterns: land and slavery -- Underlying patterns: spiritual life -- Revolution in wisdom: new directions in the archaic age -- Creating the barbarian: the Persian wars -- The fifth century: the politics of power 479-404 B.C. -- The Athenian democracy -- Homage to Dionysus: the drama festivals -- Man is the measure: philosophers and speculators, 450-330 B.C. --Relationships -- Transitions: the Greek world in the fourth century B.C. -- Alexander -- The Hellenistic world -- Mathematics, science, and medicine -- The Greeks and Rome -- The Greeks in the Roman Empire -- Conclusion the Greek achievement.".
- catalog title "The Greek achievement : the foundation of the Western world / Charles Freeman.".
- catalog type "text".