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The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries B.C.

Series The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 3, Part 3

Edited by John Boardman and N. G. L. Hammond

Publication Date 1982

Hardback ISBN-10 0521234476

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521234474

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521234474

Overview

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 1. Volume III Part 3 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.

For more details of the print book, and how to buy it online, please see The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries B.C. in the Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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The Cambridge Ancient History Vol. 3, part 3: The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries B.C.

Frontmatter

The Greeks in the Near East by T. F. R. G. Braun

The Greeks in Egypt by T. F. R. G. Braun

Cyprus by V. Karageorghis

The Cypriot syllabary by T. B. Mitford and Olivier Masson

The colonial expansion of Greece by A. J. Graham

The western Greeks by A. J. Graham

The eastern Greeks by J. M. Cook

Crete by John Boardman

Cretan Laws and Society by R. F. Willetts

Euboea and the Islands by W. G. G. Forrest

Illyris, Epirus and Macedonia by N. G. L. Hammond

Central Greece and Thessaly by W. G. G. Forrest

The Peloponnese by N. G. L. Hammond

The growth of the Athenian state by A. Andrewes

The Tyranny of Pisistratus by A. Andrewes

Economic and social conditions in the Greek world by C. G. Starr

The material culture of Archaic Greece by John Boardman

Chronological Chart

Bibliography

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