History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol I
by John Bagnell Bury

Name: History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol I
Author: John Bagnell Bury

J. B. Bury wrote his “History of Greece” before World War I, but it was such a good overview of classical Greek history that the third edition was still being used as a college textbook in the late 1960′s. In the newer editions, a co-author rewrote the material dealing with the early centuries where there have been new archeological developments, but the later chapters and Bury’s framework were retained essentially unchanged. Bury writes in a lucid, easily understood style that entertains as it educates. The book covers artistic and literary development, as well as politics and war, and its field of view includes western Asia Minor, the Agean archipelago, and “Greater Greece” (Sicily and Southern Italy). (Summary by Karen Merline) LibriVox Recording of A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great Vol II

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English

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History Non-Fiction Reference work Education

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War Warfare Politics Literature Civilization Culture Art Alexander The Great Archaeology Ancient Greece Historiography Greek History Classical Period Bury Archaic Period Persian Wars Peloponnesian War Spartan Athenian

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John Bagnell Bury

Ireland, Italy

John Bagnell Bury was an Anglo-Irish historian, classical scholar, Medieval Roman historian and philologist. He objected to the label "Byzantinist" explicitly in the preface to the 1889 edition of his...

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