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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Presents revisionist insights into the influences of classical cultures, revealing the lesser-known roles played by ancient civilizations on shaping the modern West, in an account that also cites the contributions of Greek and Roman figures.
Author
Series
Hinges of history volume 4
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2003
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IL: UG - BL: 10.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A history of the influential rivalry between Plato and Aristotle traces the Western world's ongoing battle of ideas to their competing philosophies, demonstrating how their contrasting views on everything became the twin fountainheads of Western culture.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When we think of the Greeks, what comes to mind first is likely to be the artistic and scientific achievements of the group of city-states led by Athens and Sparta around two and a half thousand years ago-a civilization that laid foundation for much of the arts, science, politics, and law throughout the developed world today. But the story of the Greeks is far more than the story of this classical civilization alone. Greek is one of only three languages,...
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