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A review by clarks_dad
A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society and Culture by David Tandy, Stanley Mayer Burstein, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Sarah B. Pomeroy, Walter Donlan
4.0
A pretty compelling short history of Ancient Greece from the Early Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. Evenhanded treatment of a variety of subjects from art to social history, including examinations of gender and class.
Most importantly, annotated bibliography of references at the end of each chapter makes following up with more scholarly and detailed work easy. Think I've built an entire reading list for the year just from cannibalizing sources. I don't think I appreciated this work as much as it deserved when I read it as an undergrad because of the workload. As an adult with slightly more time on my hands it was a nice companion piece to Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. Cool to read about the history and important places and people and then going to see if I could track them down in the game.
Most importantly, annotated bibliography of references at the end of each chapter makes following up with more scholarly and detailed work easy. Think I've built an entire reading list for the year just from cannibalizing sources. I don't think I appreciated this work as much as it deserved when I read it as an undergrad because of the workload. As an adult with slightly more time on my hands it was a nice companion piece to Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. Cool to read about the history and important places and people and then going to see if I could track them down in the game.