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The vast empire that Alexander the Great left at his death in 323 BC has few parallels. For the next three hundred years the Greeks controlled a complex of monarchies and city-states that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to India. Walbank's lucid and authoritative history of that Hellenistic world examines political events, describes the different social systems and mores of the people under Greek rule, traces important developments in literature and science, and discusses the new religious show more movements. show lessTags
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F. W. Walbank is Emeritus Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology, University of Liverpool
Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Hellenistic world
- Original publication date
- 1981
- People/Characters
- Alexander the Great; Aristotle, 384-322; Arrian; Ptolemy I Soter
- Important places
- Macedonia; Asia; Egypt
- Dedication
- For
Dorothy
Mitzi
Christopher
John
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 938.08 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Greece to 323 Greece to 323 Roman Conquest of Greece (323-146 BC)
- LCC
- DF77 .W35 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Greece History of Greece Antiquities. Civilization. Culture. Ethnography
- BISAC
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- 5 — English, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 15
- ASINs
- 7
