Greek City From Homer to Alexander

Name: Greek City From Homer to Alexander
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ISBN: 9780198147916

ISBN-10: 0198147910

ISBN-13: 9780198147916

Edition: 1999 (Reprint)

Authors: Oswyn Murray, Simon Price

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The Greek city-state or polis is the earliest advanced form of social organization in the western world; it was the dominant political structure in the Mediterranean area from the eighth until the late fourth century BC, when it was transformed into a basis for world civilization by the conquests of Alexander the Great. The experience of the polis is the starting-point for western political thought. Fourteen new essays by leading scholars from Britain, Denmark, France, Italy, and North America present leading aspects of this phenomenon. The Greek city is placed in the general context of Mediterranean history and its impact on the urbanization of Italy is assessed. Other chapters consider…

Book details

List price: $110.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/5/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 388
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English