The Rise of the Greeks
Michael Grant. Collier Books, $14.95 (391pp) ISBN 978-0-02-032781-3
The author, a classical historian, explores the primitive roots of an influential civilization in this wide-ranging survey of the ``archaic'' period (750-480 B.C.) of Greece--then some 700 scattered city-states, each bent on achieving self-sufficiency. ``Grant's rewarding history turns up many surprises,'' PW observed . (June)
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Reviewed on: 06/01/1989
Genre: Nonfiction
Analog Audio Cassette - 978-0-7861-0175-7
Hardcover - 391 pages - 978-0-297-81768-0
Open Ebook - 416 pages - 978-1-78022-275-2
Paperback - 416 pages - 978-1-84212-265-5
