Ancient Greece
(2005)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Y/938/ACKROYD,P
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
London ; New York : DK, 2005
EDITION
First American edition
DESCRIPTION
144 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
ISBN/ISSN
075661368X (hc.), 9780756613686
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Includes index
The age of kings -- Darkness and rebirth -- Gods, heroes, and tyrants -- The power of Sparta -- Athens, master of law -- The Persian wars -- The golden age -- Cities at war -- The philosophers -- The age of Alexander -- The legacy of the Greeks
Traces the history of ancient Greece and how its civilization continues to influence Western culture