01240nam a2200229 4500 260609b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780099583646 Gifted Sasikumar English 938 HAL/AN Hall, Edith ANCIENT GREEKS : Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World 1 London Vintage 2016 305 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. Ancient Greece—History Ancient Greece—Civilization Greece—History—To 146 B.C. LEN ddc 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC MAIN MAIN GEN 2026-06-09 Gifted 499.00 2 1 938 HAL/AN E1103003 2026-07-11 11:55:57 2026-06-13 2026-06-09 LEN 198691 198691