A History of Greece

Nicholas Doumanis

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9781403986146
• eBook ISBN: 9781350307124
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Storia
• Subtopic: Storia europea

Greek-speaking people have occupied the Aegean region continuously since the Bronze Age, while Greek culture has been a feature of the Eastern Mediterranean dating back to the Age of Alexander. But what do Greeks today have in common with Homer, Plato and Aristotle? What are the links between the people who built the Parthenon and those who currently conserve it? Drawing on the latest research into ancient, medieval and modern history, Nicholas Doumanis provides fresh and challenging insights into Greek history since early antiquity. Taking a transnational approach, Doumanis argues that the resilience of Greek culture has a great deal to do with its continual interaction with other cultures throughout the centuries. Ideal for the undergraduate student, or anyone keen to find out more about Greek history, A History of Greece provides a unique and fascinating account of the fortunes and many transformations of Greek culture and society, from the earliest times to the present.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Maps and Illustrations
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Prehistory to 500 BC: Beginnings
• 2 Classical Greece (500–359 BC): The Golden Age of the Polis
• 3 The Hellenistic Era (359–327 BC): From Philip II to Augustus
• 4 The Greek Roman Empire I (27 BC–AD 527): From the Pax Romana to Late Antiquity
• 5 The Greek Roman Empire II (c.500–1200): The Triumph of Orthodoxy
• 6 The Greek Oikoumene (1200–1700): Living under Frankish and Ottoman Rule
• 7 The Making of Modern Hellas (c.1700–1911): Ethnicity and State Building
• 8 Greece in the Twentieth Century: The Age of Extremes
• Notes
• Chronology
• Glossary
• Lists of Kings, Emperors, Sultans and Prime Ministers
• Selected Bibliography
• Index