| Description |
272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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Turning points in world history |
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Turning points (Greenhaven Press)
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| Contents |
Introduction : Disunity and the decline of the Greeks -- Long history of disunity -- Was disunity part of the Greek character? / Robert J. Littman ; Devastating Peloponnesian War / Charles Freeman ; New struggles for supremacy leave the Greeks exhausted / Michael Grant ; Philip II and the rise of Macedonia / N.G.L. Hammond ; Alexander's conquests and their impact / Thomas R. Martin -- Hellenistic Greeks in collision -- Long wars of Alexander's successors / Hermann Bengtson ; Hellenistic armies and warfare / Peter Connolly ; Egypt and Alexandria under the Ptolemies / Frank J. Frost ; Macedonian and Seleucid kingdoms / Michael Grant ; Experiment in federalism : the Aetolian and Achaean Leagues / F.W. Walbank -- Hellenistic society and culture -- Hellenistic social and economic conditions / George W. Botsford & Charles A. Robinson Jr. ; Literature, science, and philosophy flourish in Hellenistic times / Chester G. Starr ; New directions in art and architecture / William R. Biers ; Drive for greater realism in art and science / Michael Grant -- Coming of Rome and downfall of the Greeks -- Pyrrhus fights the Romans / John Warry ; Rome expands into the Mediterranean / Chester G. Starr ; Comparison of the Greek and Roman military systems / Archer Jones ; Roman armies enter Greece / Arthur E.R. Boak & William G. Sinnigen ; Rome takes control of mainland Greece / Max Cary ; Cleopatra : last of the Greek Hellenistic rulers / Peter Green -- Epilogue : Survival of Greek culture -- Rome passes on the Greek legacy / Sarah B. Pomeroy et al. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages258-263) and index. |
| Subject |
National characteristics, Greek.
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City-states -- Greece -- History, Military.
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Military history, Ancient -- Greece.
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Military history, Ancient -- Rome.
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Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
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| Added Author |
Nardo, Don, 1947-
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| ISBN |
0737702400 paperback |
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0737702419 lib. |
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