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Three captivating manuscripts in one book:History of Greece: A Captivating Guide to Greek History, Starting from the Bronze Age in Ancient Greece Through the Classical and Hellenistic Period to the Modern Era
Classical Greece: A Captivating Guide to an Era in Ancient Greece That Strongly Influenced Western Civilization, Starting from the Persian Wars and Rise of Athens to the Death of Alexander the Great
Modern Greece: A Captivating Guide to the History of Greece, Starting from the Greek War of Independence Through the Balkan Wars, World War I and II, to the Present


The ancient Greeks loom large in legend and lore. In ancient myth, names such as Hercules, Achilles, and Prometheus scream out to us from the primordial past. Who are these strange, mysterious figures? More importantly, who were they to the Greeks? Greek mythology provides a key to Greek culture itself.
The Greeks always valued noble virtues such as courage and strength, which was reflected in their ancient mythologies. And these same strains of character can be seen interwoven throughout Greek history itself. Even when the chips were down, the Greeks stood strong against insurmountable odds.
The Greeks battled Persians, Macedonians, Romans, and Ottomans, and although they didn't always win the wars of the battlefield, they almost always won over the hearts and minds of the conquered and conquerors alike. Greek culture was so strong that it was passed around the world like a valued commodity by whoever just so happened to come into contact with it.
Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include:Ancient Greek mythology
The rise of Greek city-states and democracy
Ancient Greek warfare
Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic era
Greco-Roman culture
The Byzantine Empire
Greece under Ottoman rule
Greek independence
20th-century Greece
Modern Greece
And more!


Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include:The structure of poleis and their politics
Women's rights, or the lack of them
Oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy through the lens of the ancient world
How Greek poleis won their autonomy
Why Athens rose to power
How the Greeks educated their young
What the relationship between the people and the gods was like
How tragedy and comedy shaped popular opinion
Why Sparta and Athens fought the Peloponnesian War
How a kingdom in the north, Macedon, came to dominate the whole of Greece
The conquest of Alexander the Great


Some of the topics covered in part 3 of this book include:The Greek civilization enjoyed a new golden age in the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire.
In 1453, the Ottoman Turks destroyed the last remnants of Byzantine glory.
The Turks incorporated Greece into their empire, which lasted until 1918.
Many Greeks actually fought for the Ottomans.
Some Greeks became powerful Ottoman political figures.
People all over western Europe and America supported Greece's war of independence.
One of these Philhellenes (lover of the Greeks) was the famous British poet Lord Byron.


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