The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction
(Book #548 in the Very Short Introductions Series)
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The three centuries which followed the conquests of Alexander are perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient history. This was an age of cultural globalization: in the third century BC, a single language carried you from the Rhone to the Indus. A Celt from the lower Danube could serve in the mercenary army of a Macedonian king ruling in Egypt, and a Greek philosopher from Cyprus could compare the religions of the Brahmins and the Jews on...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0198746040
ISBN13:9780198746041
Release Date:February 2018
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 4.5" x 6.9"
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