The History of Greece

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This paper discusses Professor Martin's purpose for writing his book, "Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times", and shows how he wrote an entertaining and highly informative book that encompasses the entire history of ancient Greece. The paper also looks at how the book depicts the history of Greece up to the Hellenistic Age when Greece prospered as never before.

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"As the author of Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times (Yale University Press, 1996), Thomas R. Martin is a highly-distinguished British scholar and educator and currently teaches at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is also a Jeremiah O'Connor Professor of Classics and holds a Ph.D. in Ancient Studies. Within the last ten years, Professor Martin has worked for a number of scholarly institutions and has served as the chairman for several important archeological projects in Greece, Italy and the Near East. He is the author of several important books, a few being Peoples and Cultures from 1560 to the Global Age (2000) and The Making of the West: A Concise History (2002) which is currently used in many college and university classes as required reading material."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Martin, Thomas R. Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996.

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