The Greek World

A wonderfully illustrated book that celebrates the history, culture and achievements of the Greeks and links Greece and the Greek people of different periods from ancient times to the modern world. Thirteen contributors provide their own ideas and interpretations of Bronze Age Greece 'The Age of Heroes', the Persian wars and Alexander, philosophy, art, literature, the period from Alexander to the Roman conquest, the Romans and Greeks in the east and Greeks in the Byzantine, Moslem and Slav worlds.