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Cargando... Ancient Greece: A Concise History (Illustrated National Histories)por Peter Green
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Discusses the intellectual and political developments that distinguished the country's history from the beginnings of Minoan culture to the death of Alexander. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Green covers a vast expanse of Greek history from around 2000 BC to Alexander the Great's death in 323 BC. He manages to interweave the poets and dramatists into the narrative...linking their writings with the political events of the moment. But I did find it interesting that the major events in received Greek History such as the Battle of Marathon, the Naval battles at Salamis, the contributions of Plato and Aristotle and Alexander the Great are covered-off rather briefly. And maybe this is really a strength of the book that it keeps a sense of perspective.
Another thing that impressed me was the difficulty of getting agreement on just about anything by the polis.....there always seemed to be a powerful opposing body with a different viewpoint. Certainly, the democracy that we know today is rather different to the democracy that operated in Athens about 400 BC.
All in all, a good overview of ancient greek history....but probably not all that great for a 15 year old. I give it four stars. ( )