The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece / / Josiah Ober.
Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and wo...
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Ober, Josiah, author. The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece / Josiah Ober. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource : 1 halftone. 14 line illus. 18 tables. 9 maps. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The Princeton History of the Ancient World ; 1 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Images and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Efflorescence of Classical Greece -- 2. Ants around a Pond: An Ecology of City-States -- 3. Political Animals: A Theory of Decentralized Cooperation -- 4. Wealthy Hellas: Measuring Efflorescence -- 5. Explaining Hellas' Wealth: Fair Rules and Competition -- 6. Citizens and Specialization before 550 BCE -- 7. From Tyranny to Democracy, 550-465 BCE -- 8. Golden Age of Empire, 478-404 BCE -- 9. Disorder and Growth, 403-340 BCE -- 10. Political Fall, 359-334 BCE -- 11. Creative Destruction and Immortality -- Appendix I: Regions of the Greek World: Population, Size, Fame -- Appendix II: King, City, and Elite Game -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and worked for high wages at specialized occupations. Middle-class spending drove sustained economic growth and classical wealth produced a stunning cultural efflorescence lasting hundreds of years.Why did Greece reach such heights in the classical period-and why only then? And how, after "the Greek miracle" had endured for centuries, did the Macedonians defeat the Greeks, seemingly bringing an end to their glory? Drawing on a massive body of newly available data and employing novel approaches to evidence, Josiah Ober offers a major new history of classical Greece and an unprecedented account of its rise and fall.Ober argues that Greece's rise was no miracle but rather the result of political breakthroughs and economic development. The extraordinary emergence of citizen-centered city-states transformed Greece into a society that defeated the mighty Persian Empire. Yet Philip and Alexander of Macedon were able to beat the Greeks in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE, a victory made possible by the Macedonians' appropriation of Greek innovations. After Alexander's death, battle-hardened warlords fought ruthlessly over the remnants of his empire. But Greek cities remained populous and wealthy, their economy and culture surviving to be passed on to the Romans-and to us.A compelling narrative filled with uncanny modern parallels, this is a book for anyone interested in how great civilizations are born and die.This book is based on evidence available on a new interactive website. To learn more, please visit: http://polis.stanford.edu/. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) City-states Greece History. Social change Greece History To 1500. HISTORY / Ancient / Greece. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package 2000-2015 9783110662580 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2014-2015 9783110444186 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2014-2015 9783110665925 print 9780691140919 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400865550 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400865550.jpg |
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