Origins of Greek Civilization 1100-650 BC
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When the great citadel of Mycenae, then the center of the Aegean world, went up in flames about 1100 B.C., what followed was a "dark age" that left no written records. But rich archaeological records show conclusively that there was a radical discontinuity between Mycenaean-Minoan culture and Greek civilization. Chester G. Starr argues that true Greek civilization was swiftly and spontaneously generated in a remarkably autonomous renaissance during the two centuries from 850 to 650 B.C. Supporting his thesis with archaeological evidence previously unavailable to historians, he offers a masterly reconstruction of an obscure and important period of Greek history.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0393307794
ISBN13:9780393307795
Release Date:April 1991
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:438 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"
Customer Reviews
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Excellent
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
A must read for anyone wanting to better understand the birth and development of the civilization which is responsible for so many elements of our own.
excellent on Archaic Greece
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Starr's mini-classic details the seminal world of Archaic Greece in a way that makes clear the sources of the latter Greek Miracle-the Clsassical period. He points to the suddenness of the early takeoff in the age of Hesiod and after, the almost mysterious coming together of the Greek foundations. In a few generations the complete phenomenon came into being.
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