The History of Ancient Greece: 3rd millennium B.C. - 323 B.C.

J. B. Bury's History of Ancient Greece has been one of the most influential authorities on the Ancient Greece for over one century. This book presents the complete political history of Ancient Greece from its earliest beginnings in 3rd millennium B.C. all the way until the death of Alexander the Great.Contents:Greece and the AegeanThe Beginnings of Greece and the Heroic AgeThe Expansion of GreeceGrowth of Sparta - Fall of the AristocraciesThe Union of Attica and the Foundation of the Athenian DemocracyGrowth of Athens in the Sixth CenturyThe Advance of Persia to the AegeanThe Perils of Greece - the Persian and Punic InvasionsThe Foundation of the Athenian EmpireThe Athenian Empire Under the Guidance of PericlesThe Decline and Downfall of the Athenian EmpireThe Spartan Supremacy and the Persian WarThe Revival of Athens and Her Second LeagueThe Hegemony of ThebesThe Syracusan Empire and the Struggle With CarthageThe Rise of MacedoniaThe Conquest of PersiaThe Conquest of the Far East