The Greeks: History, Culture, and Society
- ISBN-10
- 1292022388
- ISBN-13
- 9781292022383
- Series
- The Greeks
- Category
- Greece
- Pages
- 580
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-07-18
- Authors
- Ian Morris, Barry B. Powell
Description
For courses in Greek History or Greek Civilization. Organized chronologically, this text presents a complete picture of Greek civilization as a history. It features sections on the art, architecture, literature, and thought of each period. This text presents students with the history of Greece from the prehistoric through the Mycenaean Period, the Dark Ages, the Classical Period, the Hellenistic, and the absorption of Greek culture by Rome.
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