Hall, Edith <br/><br/>
ANCIENT GREEKS  : Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World 

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 - London  Vintage  2016 
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<br/><br/> This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the ancient Greeks, tracing their history from the Bronze Age Mycenaean world to the rise of Christianity in the late Roman Empire. Hall argues that a distinctive set of cultural traits—including curiosity, individualism, competitiveness, open-mindedness, eloquence, and maritime enterprise—helped shape Greek civilization and its enduring influence on the modern world. Rather than presenting a simple political history, the book examines diverse Greek communities across the Mediterranean and explores how their ideas contributed to democracy, philosophy, science, literature, and the arts. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780099583646 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Gifted  Sasikumar 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ancient Greece—History<br/>Ancient Greece—Civilization<br/>Greece—History—To 146 B.C.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>938  / HAL/AN