The Cambridge Ancient History Set: The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 4: Persia, Greece and the Western Mediterranean, c.525-479 BC Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Cambridge Ancient History Set: The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 4: Persia, Greece and the Western Mediterranean, c.525-479 BC Book

The Cambridge Ancient History: Plates: Persia, Greece and the Western Mediterranean, C.525-479 B.C v. 4 This volume complements the text volume of "The Cambridge Ancient History Volume IV", but can also be used as an independent, illustrated account of the period (c. 525 to 479 BC), and of the evidence for the life and arts of Greeks and Persians in the years when they first crossed swords. Full descriptionRead More

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  • Blackwell

    This volume covers c.525 to 479 BC, a period which saw events and developments of major significance in the Mediterranean world. The years covered by this volume saw events and developments of major significance in the Mediterranean world.

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    The first section of this volume examines the Persian empire, the regions it comprised, and its expansion under Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes. In Greece, Sparta attained maturity as the leader of a military coalition and Athens passed through a period of enlightened tyranny to a moderate democracy of dynamic energy and intelligence. Given the contrast between Greek idealism and Persian absolutism a clash between the two empires was inevitable. Important chapters deal with the revolt of Ionian Greeks against the Persians, and the two Persian invasions of Greece including epic battles at Marathon, Tthermopylae, and Salamis. The book's third part turns to the Western Mediterranean: Italy becomes a significant factor in the area's historical development and is explored in terms of its peoples and languages from the Bronze to the Iron Ages.

  • 0521228042
  • 9780521228046
  • 24 November 1988
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 949
  • 2
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