The Hellenistic World. F. Walbank W.

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      First published in Great Britain by Fontana 1981

      Copyright © F. W. Walbank 1981, 1986, 1992

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      Source ISBN: 9780006861041

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Dedication

       For

       Dorothy

       Mitzi

       Christopher

       John

       Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Introduction to the Fontana History of the Ancient World

Preface

1. Introduction: The Sources

2. Alexander the Great (336–323)

3. The Formation of the Kingdoms (323–276)

4. The Hellenistic World: A Homogeneous Culture?

       5. Macedonia and Greece

       6. Ptolemaic Egypt

       7. The Seleucids and the East

       8. Inter-City Contacts and Federal States

       9. Social and Economic Trends

       10. Cultural Developments: Philosophy, Science and Technology

       11. The Frontiers of the Hellenistic World: Geographical Studies

       12. Religious Developments

       13. The Coming of Rome

       List of Maps and Illustrations

       Maps

       Plates

       Date Chart

       Abbreviations

       Further Reading and Bibliography

       Index of Sources

       General Index

       About the Author

       Fontana History of the Ancient World

       About the Publisher

Introduction to the Fontana History of the Ancient World

      No justification is needed for a new history of the ancient world; modern scholarship and new discoveries have changed our picture in important ways, and it is time for the results to be made available to the general reader. But the Fontana History of the Ancient World attempts not only to present an up-to-date account. In the study of the distant past, the chief difficulties are the comparative lack of evidence and the special problems of interpreting it; this in turn makes it both possible and desirable for the more important evidence to be presented to the reader and discussed, so that he may see for himself the methods used in reconstructing the past, and judge for himself their success.

      The series aims, therefore, to give an outline account of each period that it deals with and, at the same time, to present as much as possible of the evidence for that account. Selected documents with discussions of them are integrated into the narrative, and often form the basis of it; when interpretations are controversial the arguments are presented to the reader. In addition, each volume has a general survey of the types of evidence available for the period and ends with detailed suggestions for further reading. The series will, it is hoped, equip the reader