Greek History
Antony & Cleopatra: History's Most Famous Romance
*Includes famous art depicting Antony, Cleopatra, and important people, places, and events in their lives. *Discusses the mysteries still surrounding the suicides of Antony & Cleopatra *Includes a Table of Contents He was one of the most unique and best...
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Ancient Rome's Provinces: The History of the Foreign Lands Ruled by the Roman Empire in Antiquity
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingIronically, the Roman Republic’s development from a city state into a world power that controlled large swathes of modern Italy, Gaul and Spain, as well as other parts of...
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Ancient Palmyra: The History and Legacy of One of Antiquity's Greatest Cities
*Includes pictures*Profiles Palmyra's origins, its relationship with Rome, its culture, and more*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his...
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Ancient Gaul: The History and Legacy of the Gauls and the Region in Antiquity
*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “Caesar, having stationed his army on both sides of the fortifications, in order that, if occasion should arise, each should hold and know his own post,...
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The Byzantine Empire and the Plague: The History and Legacy of the Pandemic that Ravaged the Byzantines in the Early Middle Ages
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of medieval accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“[Theodore] made very large pits, inside each of which 70,000 corpses were laid down. He thus appointed men there, who brought down corpses, sorted them and...
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The Bronze Age in Europe: The History and Legacy of Civilizations Across Europe from 3200-600 Bce
While the Bronze Age is recognized as one of history’s most important phases, it’s been hard for historians to precisely date. The idea of the Bronze Age comes from a three-age system developed in the 19th century through which archaeologists...
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The Battle of the Granicus River: The History of Alexander the Great's First Major Battle against the Achaemenid Persian Empire
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsAt one point in antiquity, the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the largest empire the world had ever seen, but aside from its role in the Greco-Persian...
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The Battle of Issus: The History of Alexander the Great's Most Famous Victory against the Achaemenid Persian Empire
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingAt one point in antiquity, the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the largest empire the world had ever seen, but aside from its role in the Greco-Persian Wars and its collapse...
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The Athenian Navy and Spartan Army: The History and Legacy of Ancient Greece's Most Famous Military Forces
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading“Forward, sons of the Greeks,Liberate the fatherland,Liberate your children, your women,The altars of the gods of your fathers,And the graves of your ancestors: Now is the fight for everything.” – The Greek...
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The Athenian Agora and Roman Forum: The Beating Hearts of the Ancient World's Most Famous Cities
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe center of political and commercial interaction in the Ancient Greek polis was the agora. The word essentially means a gathering place or an open space, and...
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The Antonine Plague: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Roman Empire's Worst Pandemic
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“[A]s the reign of Marcus Aurelius forms a turning point in so many things, and above all in literature and art, I have no doubt that...
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The Antikythera Mechanism: The History and Mystery of the Ancient World's Most Famous Astronomical Device
*Includes pictures*Chronicles the discovery and theories over the mechanism's origins and capabilities*Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents"It multiplies, divides and subtracts, but you can't program it." - Michael EdmundsDiscovering ancient shipwrecks hasn’t...
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The Ancient Olympic Games: The History and Legacy of Ancient Greece's Most Famous Sports Event
*Includes pictures.*Includes ancient accounts about the Games.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.”-...
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The Ancient Lydians: The History and Legacy of the Iron Age Kingdom of Lydia
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Lydians from ancient historians and contemporary records *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “When all these nations had been added to the Lydian empire, and...
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The Ancient Athenian Navy: The History and Legacy of Greece's Dominant Naval Force in Antiquity
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Forward, sons of the Greeks,Liberate the fatherland,Liberate your children, your women,The altars of the gods of your fathers,And the graves of your ancestors:Now is the...
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Attica: The History and Legacy of the Most Important Region in Ancient Greece
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient descriptions of Attica and Athens*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsAccording to Herodotus, the Persians offered the Athenians an alliance in 480 BCE. The other Greek city-states (polei) were understandably concerned...
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Atlantis: The History and Legacy of the Ancient World's Fabled Lost Island and Modern Searches for It
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts describing Atlantis and the search for it*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“And the island of Atalantes, which was greater than Africa and Asia, as Plato says in the Timaeus, in one day and...
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Athens & Sparta: Ancient Greece's Famous City-States
For 2500 years, the Ancient Greeks have fascinated the West, who look to Greece as the creators of Western culture. Indeed, the Greeks revolutionized warfare, art, architecture, government, philosophy, and more. Of all the Greeks' accomplishments, many can be credited...
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Athenian Democracy: The History of the World's First Democracy in Ancient Athens
*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of Athenian democracy by Aristotle, Plutarch, and others *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents In today’s modern world every political regime, even the most authoritarian or...
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Athena: The Origins and History of the Greek Goddess
*Includes pictures of important places and historic art depicting Athena and other Greek gods and goddesses.*Explains the historical origins of the goddess and the mythological tales about her.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.“I begin to sing of Pallas Athene, the...
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