Contrary to a prevalent belief of the Western world, that democracy, agriculture, theatre and the arts were the attainments of Classical Greek civilisation, these were actually a Bronze Age fusion of earlier European concepts and Hellenic ingenuity. This work considers both the multicultural wellspring from which these ideas flowed and their ready assimilation by the Greeks, who embraced these hallmarks of civilisation, and refined them to the level of sophistication that defines classical antiquity.
- ISBN10 1322114714
- ISBN13 9781322114712
- Publish Date 1 January 2014
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 March 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint McFarland & Company
- Format eBook
- Pages 247
- Language English