The Greeks : lost civilizations / Philip Matyszak.
The Greeks : lost civilizations / Philip Matyszak.
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Publisher
London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2018.
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G 2018/5101
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Language
English
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Physical content
207 pages ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Chronology -- Prologue -- The Greeks before Alexander -- Alexander and the east -- The Greek empire -- The Hellenistic world from east to west -- Macedon and Egypt -- Rome and the Hellenistic kingdoms -- Greece in Rome -- Byzantium and the end of the Greek east -- Epilogue: the Greek legacy.
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Publisher
London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
This is ancient Greece - but not as we know it. Few people today appreciate that Greek civilisation was spread across the Middle East, and that there were Greek cities in the foothills of the Himalayas. This book tells the story of the Greeks outside Greece, such as Sappho, the poet from Lesbos; Archimedes, a native of Syracuse; and Herodotus, who...
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The Greeks : lost civilizations / Philip Matyszak.
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Lost civilizations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2018
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G 2018/5101
Record Identifier
74VKV82ogO8b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV82ogO8b
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ISBN
1780239009 hardcover
9781780239002 hardcover
DDC
938
MMS ID
991024186008602626
