Ancient Greece: Social Structure and Evolution

ISBN-13: 9780521719261 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 284 str.

David B. Small

Opis

This book is for students and scholars of ancient civilizations who would benefit from an approach to Ancient Greece which compares anthropological approaches to other early civilizations, including ancient China, the Maya, the Inca, the Harappan, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Japan.

Recenzje

'… text is a highly specialized, scholarly offering and will make a valuable addition to collections with strong sections on ancient history and archaeology.' D. C. Kierdorf, Choice

Spis treści

1. My analytical frame; 2. The Ancient Greek landscape; 3. The Neolithic in Greece; 4. Developments c.3200–2200 BCE; 5. The beginning of change and the evolution of a Koine; 6. Changes in the latter part of the second millennium BCE; 7. The eleventh to eighth centuries: from collapse to created chaos; 8. A brave new world: the new structure and characteristics of its emergence; 9. Developments after the rise of Macedon; 10. The Cretan difference; 11. The sweep of things: the larger picture of the evolution of Ancient Greece; 12. Greece is not alone: the small polity evolutionary characteristics of the ancient Greeks and other past cultures.