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Ancient Greece : a very short introduction by Cartledge, Paul is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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The contribution of the Ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds of art, architecture, myth, literature, and philosophy, the world we live in would be unrecognizably different without the formative influence of Ancient Greek models. Ancient Greek civilization was defined by the city - in Greek, the polis, from which we derive 'politics'. It is above all this feature of Greek civilization that has formed its most enduring legacy, spawning such key terms as aristocra
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Cartledge, Paul
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780191571572
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Greece
- Rating
- 3.57 / 5 (102 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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