List of Maps |
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Acknowledgments |
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Preface |
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Time Line |
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Introduction |
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I Early Greece and the Bronze Age |
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12 | (24) |
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Greece in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages (c. 3000-1600 BC) |
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Greece and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-1150 BC) |
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22 | (14) |
II The "Dark Age" of Greece and the Eighth-Century "Renaissance" (c. 1150-700 BC) |
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36 | (25) |
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Decline and Recovery (c. 1150-900 BC) |
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36 | (5) |
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41 | (3) |
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44 | (9) |
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53 | (8) |
III Archaic Greece (c. 700-500 BC) |
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The Formation of the City-State (Polis) |
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61 | (2) |
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Government in the Early City-States |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (3) |
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Economic and Social Divisions in the Archaic Poleis |
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68 | (3) |
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Hesiod: A View from Below |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (11) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (3) |
IV Sparta |
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The Dark Age and the Archaic Period |
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91 | (4) |
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95 | (5) |
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Demography and the Spartan Economy |
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100 | (3) |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (1) |
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Historical Change in Sparta |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (3) |
V The Growth of Athens and the Persian Wars |
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110 | (28) |
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Athens from the Bronze Age to the Early Archaic Age |
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110 | (3) |
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113 | (3) |
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Peisistratus and His Sons |
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116 | (6) |
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The Reforms of Cleisthenes |
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122 | (1) |
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122 | (5) |
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The Wars Between Greece and Persia |
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127 | (11) |
VI The Rivalries of the Greek City-States and the Growth of Athenian Democracy |
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138 | (28) |
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The Aftermath of the Persian Wars and the Foundation of a New League |
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139 | (3) |
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New Developments in Athens and Sparta |
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The "First" (Undeclared) Peloponnesian War (460-445 BC) |
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143 | (2) |
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Pericles and the Growth of Athenian Democracy |
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145 | (3) |
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148 | (9) |
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157 | (4) |
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161 | (5) |
VII Greece on the Eve of the Peloponnesian War |
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166 | (34) |
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Greece After the Thirty Years' Peace |
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166 | (3) |
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The Physical Space of the Polis: Athens in the Fifth Century |
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169 | (8) |
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Intellectual Life in Fifth-Century Greece |
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177 | (2) |
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Historical and Dramatic Literature of the Fifth Century |
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179 | (10) |
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Currents in Greek Thought and education |
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189 | (4) |
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The Breakdown of the Peace |
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193 | (5) |
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198 | (2) |
VIII The Peloponnesian War |
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200 | (25) |
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The Archidamian War (431-421 BC) |
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200 | (11) |
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211 | (2) |
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The Invasion of Sicily (415-413 BC) |
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213 | (4) |
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The War in the Aegean and the Oligarchic Coup at Athens (413-411 BC) |
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217 | (3) |
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The Last Years of War (407-404 BC) |
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220 | (5) |
IX The Crisis of the Polis and the Age of Shifting Hegemonies |
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225 | (29) |
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Oligarchy at Athens: The Thirty Tyrants |
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226 | (1) |
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The Trial of Socrates (399 BC) |
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227 | (3) |
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The Fourth Century: Changing Ideas, Continuing Warfare |
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230 | (5) |
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Law and Democracy in Athens |
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235 | (3) |
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238 | (3) |
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241 | (13) |
X Philip II and the Rise of Macedon |
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254 | (16) |
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254 | (1) |
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Macedonian Society and Kingship |
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255 | (3) |
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258 | (7) |
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Philip's Plans for Greece |
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265 | (5) |
XI Alexander the Great |
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270 | (24) |
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271 | (7) |
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From Issus to Egypt: Conquest of the Eastern Mediterranean (332-331 BC) |
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278 | (3) |
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From Alexandria to Persepolis: The King of Asia (331-330 BC) |
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281 | (2) |
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The High Road to India: Alexander in Central Asia |
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283 | (4) |
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India and the End of the Dream |
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287 | (3) |
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290 | (2) |
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The Achievements of Alexander |
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292 | (2) |
XII The New World of the Hellenistic Period |
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294 | (32) |
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The Struggle for the Succession |
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294 | (2) |
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296 | (2) |
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The Primacy of Antigoms the One-dyed |
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298 | (1) |
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Birth Pangs of the New Order (301-276 BC) |
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299 | (3) |
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The Polis in the Hellenistic World |
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302 | (4) |
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306 | (2) |
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308 | (2) |
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Alexandria and Hellenistic Culture |
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310 | (9) |
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Social Relations in the Hellenistic World |
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319 | (7) |
Epilogue |
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326 | (5) |
Glossary |
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331 | (10) |
Art and Illustration Credits |
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341 | (6) |
Index |
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