History Of Civilization: The Formation Of The Greek People (volume 17)

Cover 1 Title page 4 Copyright page 5 Table of Contents 8 Foreword (By Henri Berr) 12 lntroduction 18 Part One The Country 24 I. The Land 24 1. The Formation of the Soil 24 2. The Mountains of Greece 27 3. Geographical Divisions and Political Frontiers 30 II. The Water 34 1. The Climate 34 2. Streams, above ground and below 37 3. Vegetation 42 III. The Sea 47 1. The Coasts and Islands 47 2. Currents and Winds, 49 IV. The Work of Man 53 1. The Exploitation of the Subsoil 53 2. The Improvement of the Soil 56 3. Agriculture 60 4. The Exploitation of the Sea 65 5. Nature and Human Effort 70 Part Two The Peoples 72 I. The Races and Peoples 72 1. The Evidence of the Legends 72 2. The Evidence of Language 76 3. The Evidence of Archæology 80 4. The Evidence of Anthropology 86 5. Greek Origins 88 II. The Frontiers of Greece Proper 95 1. Epeiros, Ætolia, and Acarnania 95 2. Thessaly 98 III. Central Greece 105 1. Parnassos and the Delphic Sanctuary 105 2. Bœotia 106 3. The Peoples and Cities of Bœotia 110 IV. The Peloponnese 115 1. The Country and its Inhabitants 115 2. Corinth 118 3. The Cities of the Seaboard 125 4. Arcadia 127 5. The Uplands and the Plains 131 V. Sparta 136 1. Sources for the History of Sparta, 136 2. The Population and Military Strength of Sparta 138 3. Economic Life and Social Classes 146 4. Political Institutions and Life in Sparta 153 VI. Athens 160 1. Sources for the History of Athens 160 2. The Natural Regions of Attica 162 3. Different Populations and Ways of Life 168 4. Evolution towards Democracy 175 5. Foreign Influences and Atticism 183 Part Three Hellenic Expansion 188 I. Colonization 188 1. The First Explorers: Greeks and Phœnicians 188 2. Colony and Mother City 191 3. From Colony to Colonial Empire 194 II. Asiatic Greece 203 1. The Greek Cities of Asia 203 2. Ionia 206 3. Ionian Civilization 209 4. The Conquest of Asiatic Greece and its Consequences 215 III. Greek Expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean 219 1. The Colonies of the Euxine 219 2. Cyprus and the Semitic World 223 3. The Greeks in Egypt 224 4. Cyrenaica 227 IV. Greek Expansion in the Western Mediterranean 229 1. The Greeks in Italy and Sicily 229 2. The Civilization of Sicilian and Italian Greece 232 3. The Far West 238 4. Greeks, Etruscans, and Carthaginians 240 5. Consequences of Greek Colonization 243 Part Four Hellenic Unity 246 I. Moral Unity 246 1. Greek and Barbarian 246 2. Community of Language 247 3. Community of Religion 252 4. Community of Manners 259 II. International Relations 263 1. International Law 263 2. Citizen and Foreigner 264 3. Commercial Law 270 4. The Laws of War 275 III. National Union 283 1. The Persian Danger 283 2. The First Persian War 287 3. The Second Persian War 290 4. Athens and Sparta at the End of the Persian Wars 300 5. The Pan-Hellenic Policy of Pericles 302 IV. The Particularist Spirit 307 1. The City State and Direct Government 307 2. The Federal System 311 3. Political Parties and Foreign Powers 317 V. The Wars of the Cities 323 1. The Breach between Athens and Sparta 323 2. The Peloponnesian War 329 3. The Hegemonies of Sparta and of Thebes 335 4. The Macedonian Conquest 341 Conclusion 348 Bibliography 358 Index 366 Originally published between 1924-38, The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The ancient tombs of Egypt, for example, had then only recently been excavated. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up-to-date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set, in the following groupings or as individual * Prehistory and Historical Ethnography Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4 * Greek Civilization Set of 7: 0-415-15612-2 * Roman Civilization Set of 6: 0-415-15613-0 * Eastern Civilizations Set of 10: 0-415-15614-9 * Judaeo-Christian Civilization Set of 4: 0-415-15615-7 * European Civilization Set of 11: 0-415-15616-5 Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings: * Prehistory and Historical Ethnography Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00 * Greek Civilization Set of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00 * Roman Civilization Set of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00 * Eastern Civilizations Set of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00 * Judaeo-Christian Civilization Set of 4: 0-415-15615-7: £250.00 * European Civilization Set of 11: 0-415-15616-5: £700.00 This work provides a landmark in early twentieth century publishing summarizing the most up to date findings in all branches of the social sciences at a formative time and during a period of decisive historical discovery.