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Polis : an introduction to the ancient Greek city-state /
An accessible introduction to the polis (plural: poleis), or ancient Greek city-state. Mogens Herman Hansen addresses such topics as the emergence of the polis, its size and population, and its political culture, ranging from famous poleis such as Athens and Sparta through more than 1,000 known exam...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Danés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | An accessible introduction to the polis (plural: poleis), or ancient Greek city-state. Mogens Herman Hansen addresses such topics as the emergence of the polis, its size and population, and its political culture, ranging from famous poleis such as Athens and Sparta through more than 1,000 known examples. - ;From antiquity until the nineteenth century, there have been two types of state: macro-states, each dotted with a number of cities, and regions broken up into city-states, each consisting of an urban centre and its hinterland. A region settled with interacting city-states constituted a city. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 237 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-214) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0199208506 9780199208500 0199208492 9780199208494 0191526037 9780191526039 1281160555 9781281160553 |