Name: The Rise and Fall of the Classical World By Peter P. Liddel
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The Rise and Fall of the Classical World: 2500 BC-600 AD by Peter P. Liddel

The first two titles in the History of Europe series, telling the story of European politics, culture and society from prehistory to the present day. These are the first two books in the History of Europe series, telling the story of European politics, culture and society from prehistory to the present day. The first book covers the earliest civilization in Minoa in Crete to the fragmentation of the Roman Empire into the barbarian kingdoms of the West and the Byzantine Empire in the East. The second book begins with the rise of the Emperor Charlemagne to dominate Western Europe and finishes with the artistic triumphs of the High Renaissance. Both books are extensively illustrated with colour photographs and include timeliness and specially commissioned maps.

About Peter P. Liddel

Dr John Stevenson is one of Britain's most distinguished historians. He is currently Fellow and Tutor in History at Worcester College, Oxford University, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. As well as acting as a contributor or general editor to a number of major reference works including The Macmillan Dictionary of British and European History Since 1914 and The Longman Handbook of Modern European History 1763-1997, Dr Stevenson has been a consultant to the BBC (WGBH) series The People's Century and most recently contributed to 1939: The World We Lost for Channel 4.

ANCIENT GREECE; Early Greece; Prehistoric Greece; The Formation of Greek Identity; The Archaic and Classical Periods; Greeks on the Move; The Ancient Economy; Democracy Established; Warfare in the 5th Century BC; Philosophy and Religion; Poetry and Drama; Art and Architecture; Science and Medicine; Histories; The Hellenistic Period; Alexander the Great; Greece Between Alexander and the Romans; Greece as a Roman Province; Hellenistic Civilization; ANCIENT ROME; The Roman Republic; The Foundation of Rome and the Period of the Kings; The Early Republic and the Struggle of the Orders; Rome in Italy; The Conquest of the Mediterranean; Politics and Discontent in Rome and Italy; The Age of Pompey, Caesar, and the Civil Wars; Republican Culture; The Roman Empire; Augustus Caesar; Augustan Culture; The Early Empire; Imperial Life and Literature; Architecture and Urbanism; Religions and Rome; The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; BYZANTIUM; Apogee and Decline; The Renewal of Empire; Art and Architecture; The Arab Conquests; The Barbarian Kingdoms; Kingdoms of the Mediterranean Rim; Northern Worlds; The Rise of the Slavs; Culture and Society.

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9781845331627

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The Rise and Fall of the Classical World: 2500 BC-600 AD by Peter P. Liddel

Author

Peter P. Liddel

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Used - Very Good

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Octopus Publishing Group

Year published

20060215

Number of pages

144

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The Rise and Fall of the Classical World Peter P. Liddel

The Rise and Fall of the Classical World by Peter P. Liddel

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The Rise and Fall of the Classical World Summary

The Rise and Fall of the Classical World: 2500 BC-600 AD by Peter P. Liddel

About Peter P. Liddel

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