Roots of Ancient Greek Civilization: The Influence of Old Europe

by Harald Haarmann

Contrary to a prevalent belief of the Western world, that democracy, agriculture, theater and the arts were the attainments of Classical Greek civilization, these were actually a Bronze Age fusion of earlier European concepts and Hellenic ingenuity. This work considers both the multicultural wellspring from which these ideas flowed and their ready assimilation by the Greeks, who embraced these hallmarks of civilization, and refined them to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786478276
• ISBN13: 9780786478279
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher