Outsiders in the Greek Cities in the Fourth Century BC (Routledge Revivals)

Outsiders in the Greek Cities in the Fourth Century BC (Routledge Revivals)
Title Outsiders in the Greek Cities in the Fourth Century BC (Routledge Revivals) PDF eBook
Author Paul Mckechnie
Publisher Routledge
Pages 251
Release 2014-02-04
Genre History
ISBN 1317808002

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During the fourth century BC the number of Greeks who did not live as citizens in the city-states of southern mainland Greece increased considerably: mercenaries, pirates, itinerant artisans and traders, their origins differed widely. It has been argued that this increase was caused by the destruction of many Greek cities in the wars of the fourth century, accompanied by the large programme of settlement begun by Alexander in the East and Timoleon in the West. Although this was an important factor, argues Dr McKechnie, more crucial was an ideological deterioration of loyalties to the city: the polis was no longer absolutely normative in the fourth century and Hellenistic periods. With so many outsiders with specialist skills, Alexander and his successors were able to recruit the armies and colonists needed to conquer and maintain empires many times larger than any single polis had ever controlled.

Outsiders in the Greek Cities in the Fourth Century BC (Routledge Revivals)

Outsiders in the Greek Cities in the Fourth Century BC (Routledge Revivals)
Title Outsiders in the Greek Cities in the Fourth Century BC (Routledge Revivals) PDF eBook
Author Paul Mckechnie
Publisher Routledge
Pages 242
Release 2014-02-04
Genre History
ISBN 1317808010

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During the fourth century BC the number of Greeks who did not live as citizens in the city-states of southern mainland Greece increased considerably: mercenaries, pirates, itinerant artisans and traders, their origins differed widely. It has been argued that this increase was caused by the destruction of many Greek cities in the wars of the fourth century, accompanied by the large programme of settlement begun by Alexander in the East and Timoleon in the West. Although this was an important factor, argues Dr McKechnie, more crucial was an ideological deterioration of loyalties to the city: the polis was no longer absolutely normative in the fourth century and Hellenistic periods. With so many outsiders with specialist skills, Alexander and his successors were able to recruit the armies and colonists needed to conquer and maintain empires many times larger than any single polis had ever controlled.

The Journal of Hellenic Studies

The Journal of Hellenic Studies
Title The Journal of Hellenic Studies PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 328
Release 1990
Genre Greece
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Vols. 1-8, 1880-87, plates published separately and numbered I-LXXXIII.

Bibliographic Index

Bibliographic Index
Title Bibliographic Index PDF eBook
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Pages 958
Release 1992
Genre Bibliographical literature
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Subject Guide to Books in Print

Subject Guide to Books in Print
Title Subject Guide to Books in Print PDF eBook
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Pages 1894
Release 1971
Genre American literature
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Whitaker's Book List

Whitaker's Book List
Title Whitaker's Book List PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 1784
Release 1989
Genre Great Britain
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How Greek Science Passed On To The Arabs

How Greek Science Passed On To The Arabs
Title How Greek Science Passed On To The Arabs PDF eBook
Author Delacy O'Leary
Publisher Routledge
Pages 152
Release 2015-12-22
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1317847482

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First published in 2002. The history of science is one of knowledge being passed from community to community over thousands of years, and this is the classic account of the most influential of these movements -how Hellenistic science passed to the Arabs where it took on a new life and led to the development of Arab astronomy and medicine which flourished in the courts of the Muslim world, later passing on to medieval Europe. Starting with the rise of Hellenism in Asia in the wake of the campaigns of Alexander the Great, O'Leary deals with the Greek legacy of science, philosophy, mathematics and medicine and follows it as it travels across the Near East propelled by religion, trade and conquest. Dealing in depth with Christianity as a Hellenizing force, the influence of the Nestorians and the Monophysites; Indian influences by land and sea and the rise of Buddhism, O'Leary then focuses on the development of science during the Baghdad Khalifate, the translation of Greek scientific material into Arabic, and the effect for all those interested in the history of medicine and science, and of historical geography as well as the history of the Arab world.