TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hall, Edith
TI  - ANCIENT GREEKS: : Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World
SN  - 9780099583646
U1  - 938 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Vintage
KW  - Ancient Greece—History
KW  - Ancient Greece—Civilization
KW  - Greece—History—To 146 B.C
N1  - 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
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