{"product_id":"the-greeks-by-professor-prof-roderick-beaton-9780571353576","title":"The Greeks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful book.'\u003c\/b\u003e - Peter Frankopan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterpiece'\u003c\/b\u003e - Gregory Nagy, Harvard University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Remarkable'\u003c\/b\u003e - Ian Morris, author of \u003ci\u003eWhy the West Rules-For Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe way we think. \u003cb\u003eThe way we learn.\u003c\/b\u003e The entertainment we seek. \u003cb\u003eThe way we are governed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt all began on the mountains and islands of Europe's southeastern edge, more than 3,000 years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Greeks\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a culture that has contributed more than any other to the way we live now in the West. It is a story that travels the entire globe and four millennia, taking us from the archaeological treasures of the Bronze Age Aegean, myths of gods and heroes, to the politics of the European Union today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere are the glories of the classical city-states of Athens and Sparta, the far-reaching conquests of Alexander the Great, the foundations of early Christianity, the thousand-year empire of the Byzantines, and the rediscoveries of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a history of inventions, such as the alphabet, philosophy, and science – but also of reinvention, as Greeks adapted to catastrophic change and found new ways to survive and make their mark on the world around them; not least today, across a diaspora spread over five continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe product of a lifetime's research by one of the subject's most esteemed experts, this is the epic, revelatory story of the Greeks and their global impact, told as never before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46850084405484,"sku":"9780571353576","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11211873482391.jpg?v=1759079002","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-greeks-by-professor-prof-roderick-beaton-9780571353576","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}