The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction

by Peter Thonemann

Book Overview

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: April 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.5" x 6.9"