The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 6 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521233488 ISBN 13: 9780521233484

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Volume VI of the new edition of The Cambridge Ancient History covers years which include the rise of Macedon and the campaigns of Alexander the Great. The volume treats the politics and economy not only of old Greece but also of the Near East and the western Mediterranean. Volume VI of the new edition of The Cambridge Ancient History begins with Sparta attempting to consolidate its leadership of mainland Greece and ends with the death of Alexander the Great after he had conquered the Persian Empire and marched far into India. It is correspondingly wide-ranging in its treatment of the politics and economy, not only of old Greece, but of the Near East and the western Mediterranean. The century also saw the continued development of Classical Greek art and the moulding of Greek prose as an uniquely flexible means of expression. The formation of the great philosophical schools assured to Athens in her political decline a long future as a cultural centre, and established patterns of thought which dominated western civilization for two thousand years.

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Book Description:

Volume VI of the new edition of The Cambridge Ancient History covers years which include the rise of Macedon and the campaigns of Alexander the Great. The volume treats the politics and economy not only of old Greece but also of the Near East and the western Mediterranean.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521233488
• ISBN 13: 9780521233484
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1094
• Editor: Lewis D. M., Boardman John, Hornblower Simon, Ostwald M.