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These centuries, as the author demonstrates, were the era in which the most deeply rooted of ancient institutions disappeared for all time. By 476 the Roman empire had vanished …
The ancient Greeks invented democracy, theater, rational science, and philosophy. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. Yet this accomplished people never formed …
From the decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon a hundred years later, the uncovering of Egypt's ancient …
Jerusalem and the Sinai desert, AD 55. In the turbulent aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, agents of the Roman Empire receive information about a pilgrim bearing an incendiary …
What good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future generations not just the "know-how" of life, but …
This excellent introduction traces Greek history from the pre-Hellenes up to the Roman Conquest and the end of the Greek states. Broad-ranging in approach, the book outlines major …
New York Times Editors' Choice A mighty, polymathic work, equally at home in all four corners of the globe. It is a gift to be savored. Chris Vognar, Boston GlobeIn Culture, …
A fresh and lucid picture of Greek society in the archaic and classical periods, from about 750 to 350 B.C.