Ancient Greece From Prehistoric To Hellenistic Times, by Thomas R. Martin
When an author has roughly 200 pages to cover the entirety of Greek history from prehistoric times to the Hellenistic age [1], you get a real sense of their perspective on history as a whole and what they consider important. Some writers try to cover a lot in a survey fashion, pointing readers to where more detailed information can be provided but seeking to give as much of the overview as possible. Other writers have a few interests that they follow, ignoring wide swaths of history and context so that they may point out what was going on in specific areas of interest to the author and (hopefully) his or her audience. This author is definitely the second type of writer, and this book is certainly a selective look at Greek history and by no means a terrible one…
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