Greece – A Short History of a Long Story, 7,000 BCE to the Present

Carol G. Thomas is Professor of History and Vidalakis Professor of Hellenic Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her publications include Alexander the Great in His World (Wiley-Blackwell 2007), The Trojan War (2005), Finding People in Early Greece (2005), and Citadel to City State: The Transformation of Greece 1200-700 BCE (1999).

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Mountains and Sea a. The Physical Character of Greece b. Earliest Inhabitants c. Neolithic Period: Settled Life in Greece d. Kuria e. Further Reading 2. The Age of Heroes a. The Role of Islands b. The Greek Age of Heroes c. Penelope and Odysseus d. Further Reading 3. End of the Bronze Age: Slow Reshaping a. The Dark Age b. Archaic Age: Revival c. Establishing Classical Greece d. Hesiod e. Further Reading 4. The Second Age of Heroes: Classical Greece a. Mediterranean Impact b. The Golden Age c. Athens' Rise to Dominance d. Socrates, Citizen of Athens: Wisest Man in the World? e. Outcome: The Peloponnesian War f. Fourth Century Greece g. Further Reading 5. Incorporation into a Larger State a. The Northern Neighbor: Macedon b. Alexander III c. Alexander's Successors d. The Greatest of Kings: Philip II e. Further Reading 6. Graecia Capta: Roman Control a. Roman Administration b. Life in the Province of Achaia c. Polybius: A Greek Captive Praises Rome d. Further Reading 7. Power Returns to Greece: The Byzantine Empire a. Separation from Rome b. Restoration of Order c. Decline d. The Byzantine Greek World i. Administration ii. Economic Health iii. Byzantine Culture e. Anna Comnena: Daughter of the Emperor and Historian of Byzantium f. Further Reading 8. Ottoman Greece 1453-1821 a. Ottoman Control of Greece b. Eighteenth Century c. Those Who Said No i. Theodore Kolokotronis ii. Adamantios Korais iii. Rigas Velestinlis (Pheraios) d. Further Reading 9. Building a New State 1821 -- 1935 a. Enter Otto I b. 1862 -- 1913 c. Eleftherios Venizelos 1864 -- 1936 d. 1923 -- 1935 e. Further Reading 10. A Player in the Modern World: 1935 -- Present a. Resistance Fighters b. 1944 -- 1952 c. 1952 -- The Present d. Greece in the New World Order e. Constantine and Costas Karamanlis f. Further Reading 11. Conclusion a. Past and Present b. Further Reading c. Chronology