The Hellenistic Period: Historical Sources in Translation (Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Hellenistic Period Thousands of documents surviving on stone and papyrus help us to understand the complex society that took shape after the death of Alexander the Great. This book presents some of the most revealing of these documents in translation, allowing readers to form an impression of the Hellenistic world.
Full description- Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS
- Published: 24 October 2003
- Format: Paperback 352 pages
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- Categories: General & World History | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9781405101332 ISBN 10: 1405101334
- Sales rank: 579,433
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Full description for The Hellenistic Period
Thousands of documents surviving on stone and papyrus help us to understand the complex society that took shape after the death of Alexander the Great. This book presents some of the most revealing of these documents in translation, allowing readers to form a direct impression of life in the Hellenistic world. The book contains 175 documents capturing the political, social, economic, and religious dynamism of the Hellenistic kingdoms and cities. It covers the entire Hellenistic world and draws extensively on the papyrus remains of the Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt, which allow an unequalled depth of insight into daily life at every level of society
