The Cambridge Ancient History

Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 8/5/1982
EAN 9780521234474, ISBN10: 0521234476

Hardcover, 530 pages, 23.9 x 16.6 x 4 cm
Language: English

The emergence of the Greek world from the Dark Ages to the height of its Geometric civilization was described in The Cambridge Ancient History Volume III Part I. Volume III Part III explores the new prosperity and growth of the young city-states in the eighth to the sixth centuries B.C. This was the great period of expansion and colonization which saw the establishment of Greek city-states from the Western Mediterranean to the Black Sea. This volume describes the East and Egypt, the importance of West Greece and the Aegean islands in trading and exploration, the special characteristics of the societies which were established by colonization. While societies outside the mainstream of expansion and trade retained their old institutions, those at the centre changed rapidly and the period was a time of warfare in mainland Greece. Athens is seen developing into a leading state under the influence of the reforms of Solon and assessment of the social, economic and material history of Greece during these years.

List of maps
List of text-figures
Preface
36a. The Greeks in the Near East T. F. R. G. Braun
36b. The Greeks in Egypt T. F. R. G. Braun
36c. Cyprus V. Karageorghis
36d. The Cypriot syllabary T. B. Mitford and Olivier Masson
37. The colonial expansion of Greece A. J. Graham
38. The western Greeks A. J. Graham
39a. The eastern Greeks J. M. Cook
39b. Crete John Boardman
39c. Cretan laws and society R. F. Willetts
39d. Euboea and the islands W. G. G. Forrest
40. Illyris, Epirus and Macedonia N. G. L. Hammond
41. Central Greece and Thessaly W. G. G. Forrest
42. The Peloponnese N. G. L. Hammond
43. The growth of the Athenian state A. Andrewes
44. The tyranny of Pisistratus A. Andrewes
45a. Economic and social conditions in the Greek world C. G. Starr
45b. The material culture of Archaic Greece John Boardman
Chronological table
Bibliography
Index.