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The Ancient Mediterranean


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Table of Contents:
Preface Part One: The Mediterranean in Early Times 1. The Mediterranean and its Beginnings The Mediterranean and its lands; the earliest Mediterranean people; westwards to Israel and the Jordan Valley; south-eastern Asia Minor and the lower Orontes; earliest Cyprus, Crete, and Greece; first links with the Euphrates and Tigris 2. Egypt The delta of the Nile; the first Mediterranean nation; the Old Kingdom; the first Mediterranean empire 3. The Easternmost Mediterranean Lebanon, Syria, and Israel; between Egypt and Mesopotamia; between Egypt and Asia Minor 4. The Straits and the Aegean Troy; Crete; the Mycenaeans 5. The Expansion of Israel, Phoenicia and Carthage Philistines and Hebrews; Syria and Phoenicia; Carthage and the west Part Two: The Greeks 6. The Homerica Age The revival of Greece; the early Ionians; the sea 7. Greek Civilisation Enriched and Diffused Hesiod and eastern ports; from Phrygia to Corinth; Greek art and the east; colonies in the west; Ionia and eastern colonies 8. Athens and Alexandria Greek crops adn natural beauties; the zenith of Athens; the Athenian way of life; Philip, Alexander and Alexandria; Syria and the Aegean after Alexander Part Three: The Romans 9. The Etruscans and the Beginnings of Rome The Etruscans; the expansion of Etruscan power 10. The Republic Unites the Mediterranean The unification of Italy; the cultivation of Italy; victory over Carthage; the conquest of the Mediterranean completed; the arts of the Republic 11. The Imperial Sea Imperial culture and landscape; round the Roman Mediterranean; Mare nostrum; from Rome to Constantinople Appendix: Mediterranean Places and People References Notes Further reading Maps Index

About the Author :
Michael Grant (1914-2004) was a historian whose over forty publications on ancient Rome and Greece popularized the classical and early Christian world. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, served in British intelligence and as a diplomat during the Second World War, and afterward became deputy director of the British Council's European division, when he also published his first book. He later returned to academia, teaching at Cambridge and Edinburgh, and serving as Vice Chancellorat the University of Khartoum and at Queen's University, Belfast.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780452010376
  • Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Plume
  • Height: 201 mm
  • No of Pages: 432
  • Spine Width: 24 mm
  • Width: 131 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0452010373
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 1988
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 376 gr


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