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The World of the Greek City-States (ca. 750–ca. 500 B.C.E.) 54
The Polis 54
A New Military System: The Greek Way of War
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Culture in the Hellenistic World 85
New Directions in Literature 86 Hellenistic Art 87
A Golden Age of Science 88
Philosophy: New Schools of Thought 89
Colonization and the Growth of Trade Tyranny in the Greek Polis 56 Sparta 56
Athens 58
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The High Point of Greek Civilization: Classical Greece 59
The Challenge of Persia 59
The Growth of an Athenian Empire in the Age of
Mystery Religions 90
The Jews in the Hellenistic World 90 Chapter Summary, Timeline, and Review 91
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Pericles 60
The Great Peloponnesian War The Decline of the Greek States
(404–338 B.C.E.) 62
The Roman Republic 94
The Culture and Society of Classical Greece 62
The Writing of History
Greek Drama 63
The Arts: The Classical Ideal 64
The Greek Love of Wisdom 65
Greek Religion 67
Life in Classical Athens 68
OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
WOMEN IN ATHENS AND SPARTA 69
Chapter Summary, Timeline, and Review 70
4 The Hellenistic World 73
Macedonia and the Conquests of Alexander 74
Philip and the Conquest of Greece 74
OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
DEMOSTHENES AND ISOCRATES ADDRESS PHILIP OF MACEDONIA 75
Alexander the Great 76
FILM & HISTORY
ALEXANDER (2004) 79
The World of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 81
The
The Greeks in Italy 95 The Etruscans 96 Early Rome 97
Roman Republic (ca. 509–264 B.C.E.) 98
The Roman State 98
The Roman Conquest of Italy 99
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Hellenistic Monarchies 81
The Threat from the Celts 81
Political and Military Institutions 82 Hellenistic Cities 83
Economic Trends in the Hellenistic World New Opportunities for Women 85
Detailed Contents
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The Struggle with Carthage 102
The Eastern Mediterranean 103
The Nature of Roman Imperialism 104 Evolution of the Roman Army 104
Society and Culture in the Roman World 105
Roman Religion 106
The Growth of Slavery 106
The Roman Family 107
The Evolution of Roman Law 108 The Development of Literature 109 Roman Art 111
Values and Attitudes 111
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Republic (133–31 B.C.E.) 111
Background: Social, Economic, and Political Problems 112
The Reforms of the Gracchi 112
A New Role for the Roman Army: Marius and
Sulla 113
The Death of the Republic 113
OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
THE END OF THE REPUBLIC: THREE VIEWS 114
Chapter Summary, Timeline, and Review 117
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The Emergence of Rome 95
Religion in the Hellenistic World
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Roman Conquest of the Mediterranean
The
(264–133 B.C.E.) 102
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