01169nam a2200193   4500008004100000020001800041037002200059041001200081082001600093100001600109245006000125250000600185260002600191300000800217500065200225650002900877650003400906650003500940260609b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780099583646  cGiftednSasikumar  aEnglish  a938bHAL/AN  aHall, Edith  aANCIENT GREEKSb: Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World  a1  aLondonbVintagec2016  g305  aThis 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.  aAncient Greece—History  aAncient Greece—Civilization  aGreece—History—To 146 B.C.