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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Serie: Shortest History Series
Antal sidor: 272
Utgivningsdatum: 2023-03-21
Förlag: The Experiment LLC
Dimensioner: 196 x 130 x 23 mm
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ISBN: 9781615199488

Shortest History of Greece

Name: Shortest History of Greece
Price: 121.00 SEK
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Author: James Heneage
ISBN: 9781615199488

The Odyssey of a Nation from Myth to Modernity

av James Heneage

Häftad, Engelska, 2023-03-21

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Philosophy, art, democracy, language, even computers-the glories of Greek civilization have shaped our world even more profoundly than we realize. Pericles and the Parthenon may be familiar, but what of Epaminondas, the Theban general who saved the Greek world from Spartan tyranny? Alexander the Great's fame has rolled down the centuries, but the golden Hellenistic Age that followed is largely forgotten. "Byzantine" conjures decadence and deadly intrigue, yet the thousand-year empire that ruled from Constantinople and saved Europe twice from invasion was, in fact, Greek. Greece's modern chapter, too, tells of triumph and calamity-from liberation and expansion to schism, homegrown dictatorship, Nazi occupation, and civil war. Today's nation is battered by austerity, encroaching climate change, and a refugee crisis-yet unwavering in its ancient values. James Heneage captures the full Grecian drama in this riveting, short history, revealing Greece as the wellspring of Western civilization-and a model that may yet save modern democracy. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.

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