{"product_id":"a-history-of-greece-1300-to-30-bc-9781405190336","title":"A History of Greece, 1300 to 30 BC","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Greece: 1300\u003c\/i\u003e‒\u003ci\u003e30 BC\u003c\/i\u003e, offers a comprehensive introduction to the foundational political history of Greece, from the late Mycenaean Age through to the death of Cleopatra VII, the last Hellenistic monarch of Egypt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces textual and archaeological evidence used by historians to reconstruct historical events during Greece's Bronze, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals the political and social structure of the Greek world in the late Mycenaean period (thirteenth century BC) through analysis of the Linear B tablets, the oldest surviving records in Greek\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures numerous references to original source materials, including various fragmentary papyri, inscriptions, coins, and other literary sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides extensive coverage of the Hellenistic period, and covers areas excluded from most Greek history texts, including the Greek West\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures judicious use of illustrations throughout, and considers instructors' teaching needs by structuring the later sections to facilitate teaching a parallel course in Roman History\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBalances scholarship with a reader-friendly approach to create an accessible introduction to the political history of one of most remarkable ancient civilizations and sophisticated periods of world history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor Parker\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Classics in the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has published some fifty specialized articles in Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern history as well as a commentary on the historian Ephorus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524380201234,"sku":"9781405190336","price":60.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e49714f-839c-4436-9dfb-78949488f9d5.jpg?v=1731178076","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-history-of-greece-1300-to-30-bc-9781405190336","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}