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The ancient Greeks established the very blueprint of Western civilization—our societies, institutions, art, and culture—and thanks to remarkable new findings, we know more about them than ever, and it's all here in this up-to-date introductory volume.Ancient Greece chronicles the rise, decline, resurgence, and ultimate collapse of the Greek empire from its earliest stirrings in the Bronze Age, through the Dark Ages and Classical period, to the death of Cleopatra and the conquests by Macedon and Rome (roughly 3000 B.C.E. to 30 B.C.E.).Drawing on the latest interpretations of artifacts, texts, and other evidence, this handbook takes both newcomers and long-time Hellenophiles inside the process of discovery, revealing not only what we know about ancient Greece but how we know it and how these cultures continue to influence us. There is no more authoritative or accessible introduction to the culture that gave us the Acropolis, Iliad and Odyssey, Herodotus and Thucydides, Sophocles and Aeschylus, Plato and Aristotle, and so much more. Introduction. What did the Greeks contribute to modern society? -- Location of Greek civilization and environmental setting. The Greek mainland -- Crete -- Cyclades -- Asia Minor’s west coast -- Cyprus -- Historical and chronological setting. The history of Greek studies -- Sources for the study of Greek history -- Chronology -- Origins, growth, and decline of Greek civilization -- Crete -- The mainland -- The Dark Age -- The eighth-century renaissance and the archaic age -- The classical period : from the Persian invasions to the death of Alexander -- The rise and fall of the Hellenistic kingdoms : 323-30 B.C.E. -- Economics. Palace economies of the Aegean Bronze Age -- Trade in the late Bronze Age -- The Dark Age -- The early emporia -- Archaic and classical Greece -- Social organization and social structure. Divisions -- Unions -- Groups -- Politics. Minoan Crete: kings? Queens? Priestesses? Priests? -- Bronze Age Greece -- The Dark Age and "epic" kingship -- The archaic age : synoecism, aristocracy, and tyranny -- Forms of rule in the classical period : oligarchy and democracy -- Politics beyond the polis -- Alexander and the Hellenistic monarchies -- Ancient Greek law -- Religion and ideology -- Minoan religion -- Mycenaean religion -- Greek religion in the historic periods -- Material culture. Architecture -- Sculpture -- Pottery -- Clothing -- Arms and armor -- The art of death -- Intellectual accomplishments. Literature -- Science -- Philosophy -- Major controversies and future directions in the study of Greek civilization. Excavation -- Linear A -- Minoan deities -- The Dark Age -- Non-Athenian culture -- Foreign relations -- Women in ancient Greece -- Glossary -- Chronology. "A scholarly, comprehensive work that engages the reader and makes history a pleasure, this book covers the whole of Ancient Greece - 3,000 years of art, culture, literature, politics, war, and empire. Until now, histories of Ancient Greece were either accessible to the general reader but out-of-date or current but too daunting for anyone but the specialist." "Using the full range of resources of art history, linguistics, archaeology, and literature, this book details the familiar - mythic heroes; famous scholars, scientists, and warriors; classical architecture - and introduces the obscure - the origins of the Greeks and their culture, including their first written language, Linear B cuneiform. More than a recitation of facts, the book provides an introduction to historical technique: How do historians know what they know; where do they disagree and why?"--Jacket

Ancient Greece chronicles the rise, decline, resurgence, and ultimate collapse of the Greek empire from its earliest stirrings in the Bronze Age, through the Dark Ages and Classical period, to the death of Cleopatra and the conquests by Macedon and Rome (roughly 3000 B.C.E. to 30 B.C.E.).

Drawing on the latest interpretations of artifacts, texts, and other evidence, this handbook takes both newcomers and long-time Hellenophiles inside the process of discovery, revealing not only what we know about ancient Greece but how we know it and how these cultures continue to influence us. There is no more authoritative or accessible introduction to the culture that gave us the Acropolis, Iliad and Odyssey, Herodotus and Thucydides, Sophocles and Aeschylus, Plato and Aristotle, and so much more.

Preliminaries 1 Contents 5 Chapter 1 Introduction 19 Chapter 2 Location of Greek Civilization and Environmental Setting 27 Chapter 3 Historical and Chronological Setting 32 Chapter 4 Origins, Growth, and Decline of Greek Civilization 55 Chapter 5 Economics 107 Chapter 6 Social Organization and Social Structure 132 Chapter 7 Politics 191 Chapter 8 Religion and Ideology 237 Chapter 9 Material Culture 328 Chapter 10 Intellectual Accomplishments 379 Chapter 11 Major Controversies and Future Directions in the Study of Greek Civilization 419 Index 467 Offering an insight into the ancient Greek world, this text introduces the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period, focusing on all aspects of history, culture and society