The Origins of Greek Civilization by Chester G Starr

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The Origins of Greek Civilization by Chester G Starr

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“A challenging thesis about Greek prehistory—that the miraculous jump into the Greece of our history was made in the eleventh century B.C., during the pre-Christian Dark Ages. . . . An exciting book to read, eloquently written and beautifully illustrated.” —The New Yorker

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The Origins of Greek Civilization by Chester G Starr

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 the two centuries from 850 to 650 B.C. Supporting his thesis with archaeological evidence previously unavailable to historians, he offers a masterly reconstruction of an obscure and important period of Greek history.

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Chester G. Starr is Bentley Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Michigan. In a teaching career that has spanned five decades, he has written over twenty books on ancient history, including the recent The Influence of Sea Power on Ancient History.
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ISBN 13 9780393307795
ISBN 10 0393307794
Title The Origins of Greek Civilization
Author Chester G Starr
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Year published 1991-09-11
Number of pages 438
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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