TY - BOOK AU - Green,Peter TI - Ancient Greece: an illustrated history SN - 0500271615 (pbk.) U1 - 938 20 PY - 1979/// CY - London PB - Penguin KW - Greece KW - Civilization KW - History KW - 146 B.C.-323 A.D KW - sears KW - 0-323 N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: p. 173-186; Young Adult N2 - A study of Greece during the centuries which preceded the Hellenistic age. Describes Minoan Crete; the Mycenaean civilization; and the flowering in culture and political thought which began in the mid-eighth century B.C.; the growth of Athenian democracy; Hellenism; and the Persian Wars; and the end of the age in 323 B.C. with the death of Alexander. Makes liberal use of illustrations, photographs, and maps ER -