Creating a common polity: religion, economy, and politics in the making of the Greek koinon
In the ancient Greece of Pericles and Plato, the polis, or city-state, reigned supreme, but by the time of Alexander, nearly half of the mainland Greek city-states had surrendered part of their autonomy to join the larger political entities called koina. In the first book in fifty years to tackle th...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley
University of Californiarnia Press
c2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | Hellenistic culture and society
55 |
| Further subjects: | B
City-states
History
Greece
B City-states (Greece) History B Electronic books Electronic books B POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Process ; General B Religion and state B History B Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C B Greece B Religion and state History Greece B Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C B City-states B Electronic books B HISTORY ; Ancient ; General B Religion and state (Greece) History B Politics and government |
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| Summary: | In the ancient Greece of Pericles and Plato, the polis, or city-state, reigned supreme, but by the time of Alexander, nearly half of the mainland Greek city-states had surrendered part of their autonomy to join the larger political entities called koina. In the first book in fifty years to tackle the rise of these so-called Greek federal states, Emily Mackil charts a complex, fascinating map of how shared religious practices and long-standing economic interactions faciliated political cooperation and the emergence of a new kind of state. Mackil provides a detailed historical narr |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0520953932 |