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From democrats to kings : the brutal dawn of a new world from the downfall of Athens to the rise of Alexander the Great / Michael Scott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Michael, 1981-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greece--History--Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C.
- Greece.
- History.
- Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Overlook Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Introduction: one man's dream
- Flute players and pick axes
- The city of (crass) long-haired warriors
- Dancing with the Persian king
- 'Serious business for tomorrow'
- The vegetarian philosopher and the body-building philanthropist
- The slippery fish
- The clash of philosopher and tyrant
- The implosion of Greece
- The cow's bladder, the love curse and the caricature
- Ten years that changed the ancient world: 362-352 BC
- Survival strategies
- Saviour or tyrant?
- The final showdown
- From father to son
- Ruling the ancient world
- You've never had it so good
- A new world
- Epilogue: from democrats to kings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1590203917 :
- 9781590203910 :
- OCLC:
- 548596957
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