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If you want to discover the captivating history of Greece, then keep reading...

Three captivating manuscripts in one book:

  • History of Greece: A Captivating Guide to Greek History, Starting from the Bronze Age in Ancient Greece Through the Classical and Hellenistic Period to the Modern Era
  • Classical Greece: A Captivating Guide to an Era in Ancient Greece That Strongly Influenced Western Civilization, Starting from the Persian Wars and Rise of Athens to the Death of Alexander the Great
  • Modern Greece: A Captivating Guide to the History of Greece, Starting from the Greek War of Independence Through the Balkan Wars, World War I and II, to the Present

The ancient Greeks loom large in legend and lore. In ancient myth, names such as Hercules, Achilles, and Prometheus scream out to us from the primordial past. Who are these strange, mysterious figures? More importantly, who were they to the Greeks? Greek mythology provides a key to Greek culture itself.

The Greeks always valued noble virtues such as courage and strength, which was reflected in their ancient mythologies. And these same strains of character can be seen interwoven throughout Greek history itself. Even when the chips were down, the Greeks stood strong against insurmountable odds.

The Greeks battled Persians, Macedonians, Romans, and Ottomans, and although they didn't always win the wars of the battlefield, they almost always won over the hearts and minds of the conquered and conquerors alike. Greek culture was so strong that it was passed around the world like a valued commodity by whoever just so happened to come into contact with it.

Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include:

  • Ancient Greek mythology
  • The rise of Greek city-states and democracy
  • Ancient Greek warfare
  • Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic era
  • Greco-Roman culture
  • The Byzantine Empire
  • Greece under Ottoman rule
  • Greek independence
  • 20th-century Greece
  • Modern Greece
  • And more!

Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include:

  • The structure of poleis and their politics
  • Women's rights, or the lack of them
  • Oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy through the lens of the ancient world
  • How Greek poleis won their autonomy
  • Why Athens rose to power
  • How the Greeks educated their young
  • What the relationship between the people and the gods was like
  • How tragedy and comedy shaped popular opinion
  • Why Sparta and Athens fought the Peloponnesian War
  • How a kingdom in the north, Macedon, came to dominate the whole of Greece
  • The conquest of Alexander the Great

Some of the topics covered in part 3 of this book include:

  • The Greek civilization enjoyed a new "golden age" in the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire.
  • In 1453, the Ottoman Turks destroyed the last remnants of Byzantine glory.
  • The Turks incorporated Greece into their empire, which lasted until 1918.
  • Many Greeks actually fought for the Ottomans.
  • Some Greeks became powerful Ottoman political figures.
  • People all over western Europe and America supported Greece's war of independence.
  • One of these "Philhellenes" ("lover of the Greeks") was the famous British poet Lord Byron.

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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781637164471
  • Publisher: Captivating History
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Captivating Guide to the History of Greece, from the Bronze Age through Classical Antiquity to Modern Greece
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1637164475
  • Publisher Date: 13 Sep 2021
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 406
  • Spine Width: 24 mm
  • Weight: 757 gr


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