Ebook A Brief History of Ancient Greece Politics Society and Culture Sarah B Pomeroy Stanley M Burstein Walter Donlan Jennifer Tolbert Roberts David Tandy Books

Product details Paperback 416 pages Publisher Oxford University Press; 3 edition (November 1, 2013) Language English ISBN-10 0199981558

A Brief History of Ancient Greece Politics Society and Culture Sarah B Pomeroy Stanley M Burstein Walter Donlan Jennifer Tolbert Roberts David Tandy Books Reviews

• Exactly as the title suggests, this is a BRIEF history of ancient Greece, discussing important milestones in the politics, society and culture of ancient Greece, from its first days to the fall of the Hellenistic kingdoms. Overall, this is an excellent introduction for students and general readers without expertise in the subject, written by prominent scholars in a very lucid, succinct and interesting manner, with the aid of many pictures, maps, excerpts from ancient sources, as well as a chronology of major events, suggested further reading and a short glossary of major terms. The chapter on Alexander the Great's conquests was especially captivating. Still, the brevity of the text does not allow for more than a short discussion of many subjects, and with regard to some this seemed very unsatisfying, e.g. Minoan civilization and the takeover of the Greek world by the Romans. Those who are looking for a more thorough discussion of ancient Greek history should therefore turn to the longer volume produced by the same authors under Oxford University Press. Otherwise, this is an excellent and highly recommended reading for those interested in a brief introduction/overveiw of the subject.
• As it says in the title, the book is very brief on a lot of things. I used it in my "Intro to Anciet Greece" class. The professor told a lot more details answering all the questions the students had from reading the book. So, if you wan to just get the jist of ancient Greece, read this book. If you want details, you might have to actually read what historians read in order to write history books on ancient Greece.
• great product and fast service
• It's good but the cover is broken when i received it.
• perfect. easy to read and excactly what my son need for his Greek history class