The Origins of Greek Civilization: 1100-650 B.C.

by Chester G. Starr

Book Overview

When the great citadel of Mycenae, then the center of the Aegean world, went up in flames about 1100 B.C., what followed was a "dark age" that left no written records. But rich archaeological records show conclusively that there was a radical discontinuity between Mycenaean-Minoan culture and Greek civilization. Chester G. Starr argues that true Greek civilization was swiftly and spontaneously generated in a remarkably autonomous renaissance during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393307794
• ISBN13: 9780393307795
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

A must read for anyone wanting to better understand the birth and development of the civilization which is responsible for so many elements of our own.

excellent on Archaic Greece

Starr's mini-classic details the seminal world of Archaic Greece in a way that makes clear the sources of the latter Greek Miracle-the Clsassical period. He points to the suddenness of the early takeoff in the age of Hesiod and after, the almost mysterious coming together of the Greek foundations. In a few generations the complete phenomenon came into being.