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 Aegean

The Beginnings of Greece and the Heroic Age

The Expansion of Greece

Growth of Sparta – Fall of the Aristocracies

The Union of Attica and the Foundation of the Athenian Democracy

Growth of Athens in the Sixth Century

The Advance of Persia to the Aegean

The Perils of Greece – the Persian and Punic Invasions

The Foundation of the Athenian Empire

The Athenian Empire Under the Guidance of Pericles

The Decline and Downfall of the Athenian Empire

The Spartan Supremacy and the Persian War

The Revival of Athens and Her Second League

The Hegemony of Thebes

The Syracusan Empire and the Struggle With Carthage

The Rise of Macedonia

The Conquest of Persia

The Conquest of the Far East