[PDF.49wl] Polis: An Introduction to the Ancient Greek City-State

Polis: An Introduction to the Ancient Greek City-State

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 | #782017 in Books |  Mogens Herman Hansen |  2006-11-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  5.40 x.60 x8.40l,.68 | File type: PDF | 246 pages

 | Polis An Introduction to the Ancient Greek City State

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||7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| A good overview for the layman|By Rafael R.|This book is the best general overview of the Ancient Greek Polis culture available. The author doesn't waste time on platitudes: He goes directly to relevant points: How these societies functioned? What are the characteristics of an city state culture? How numerous the ancient Greeks were? How important was trade for their economies?| ||"This book will help those venturing for the first time outside of the Athenocentric realm of polis-studies; it provides an overview and introduction to comparative studies in the city-state and 'city-state culture.'" --Classical Outlook||

From antiquity until the nineteenth century, there have been two types of state: macro-states, each dotted with a number of cities, and regions broken up into city-states, each consisting of an urban center and its hinterland. A region settled with interacting city-states constituted a city-state culture and Polis opens with a description of the concepts of city, state, city-state, and city-state culture, and a survey of the 37 city-state cultures so far identif...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Polis: An Introduction to the Ancient Greek City-State   |  Mogens Herman Hansen. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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