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Antiquity Antiquity Greeks and Romans in Context Frederick G. Naerebout and Henk W. Singor ThisEnglisheditionfirstpublished2014 ©2014JohnWiley&Sons,Inc. OriginallypublishedinDutchasFrederickG.NaereboutandHenkW.Singor,DeOudheid:GriekenenRomeinen indecontextvandewereldgeschiedenis.Amsterdam:Ambo|Anthos,2008. Editionhistory:Ambo|Anthos(Dutcheditions:1e,1995;2e,2001;3e,2008) TranslatedfromtheDutchbyFrederickG.NaereboutandHenkW.Singor.Thisisanauthorisedtranslation fromtheDutchlanguageeditionpublishedbyAmbo|Anthos.Responsibilityfortheaccuracyofthetranslation restssolelywithJohnWiley&Sons,Inc.andisnottheresponsibilityofAmbo|Anthos.Nopartofthisbookmay bereproducedinanyformwithoutthewrittenpermissionoftheoriginalcopyrightholder,Ambo|Anthos. 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CoverdesignbyNickiAverill Setin10/13ptMinionbyLaserwordsPrivateLimited,Chennai,India 12014 Contents ListofFigures ix ListofMaps xi Preface xiii PartI Introduction 1 1.1 SourcesandChronology 3 Sources 3 Chronology 7 1.2 TheEcologyofHistory 11 PhysicalGeography 11 AgricultureandthePre-IndustrialEconomy 13 Demography 20 PartII Before900 25 BC 2.1 Prehistory 27 Paleolithic 27 Neolithic 32 2.2 EarlyCivilizationsinEurasia 36 TheRiseofDistinctCivilizations 36 PeoplesandLanguages 41 WesternAsiaandEgyptintheBronzeAge 45 TheAegeanandSouthernEuropeintheBronzeAge 52 PartIII 900–500 59 BC 3.1 AHistoricalOutline 61 EurasianCommunities 61 TheGreekWorld 71 ItalyandWesternEurope 86 3.2 TheSocialFabric 93 EconomicLife 93 SocialHierarchy 97 PoliticalOrganization 102 vi Contents 3.3 DailyLifeandMentality 109 TheIndividualandSociety 109 MenandWomen 113 Religion,Philosophy,andScholarship 117 PartIV 500–300 129 BC 4.1 AHistoricalOutline 131 EurasianCommunities 131 TheGreekWorld 139 ItalyandtheWest 149 4.2 TheSocialFabric 152 EconomicLife 152 SocialHierarchy 159 PoliticalOrganization 163 4.3 DailyLifeandMentality 169 TheIndividualandSociety 169 MenandWomen 175 Religion,Philosophy,andScholarship 178 PartV 300 –1 189 BC AD 5.1 AHistoricalOutline 191 EurasianCommunities 191 TheGreekWorld 200 ItalyandtheWest 221 5.2 TheSocialFabric 241 EconomicLife 241 TheSocialHierarchy 252 PoliticalOrganization 262 5.3 DailyLifeandMentality 269 TheIndividualandSociety 269 MenandWomen 277 Religion,Philosophy,andScholarship 279 PartVI 1 –500 291 AD AD 6.1 AHistoricalOutline 293 EurasianCommunities 293 TheRomanEmpire 298 TheGreekEastandtheLatinWest 308 6.2 TheSocialFabric 314 EconomicLife 314 SocialHierarchy 321 PoliticalOrganization 327 Contents vii 6.3 DailyLifeandMentality 333 TheIndividualandSociety 333 MenandWomen 341 Religion,Philosophy,andScholarship 343 PartVII After500 367 AD 7 The6thCenturyandLater 369 EurasianCommunities 369 TheByzantineEast 378 TheChristianChurch 382 Islam 387 TheAncientHeritage 390 Appendices 395 ClassicalAthens 396 TheClassicalRomanRepublic 397 ImperialRome:ThePrincipate 398 ImperialRome:TheDominate 399 HellenisticRulers 400 RomanEmperors 402 Philosophers 403 ScholarsandScientists 405 PoetsandProseWriters 407 ChristianAuthors 409 CHRONOLOGY 411 SuggestionsforFurtherReading 419 Index 433
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