The Cambridge Ancient History

The emergence of the Greek world from the Dark Ages to the height of its Geometric civilization was described in The Cambridge Ancient History Volume III Part I. Volume III Part III explores the new prosperity and growth of the young city-states in the eighth to the sixth centuries B.C. This was the great period of expansion and colonization which saw the establishment of Greek city-states from the Western Mediterranean to the Black Sea. This volume describes the East and Egypt, the importance of West Greece and the Aegean islands in trading and exploration, the special characteristics of the societies which were established by colonization. While societies outside the mainstream of expansion and trade retained their old institutions, those at the centre changed rapidly and the period was a time of warfare in mainland Greece. Athens is seen developing into a leading state under the influence of the reforms of Solon and assessment of the social, economic and material history of Greece during these years.

List of maps; List of text-figures; Preface; 36a. The Greeks in the Near East T. F. R. G. Braun; 36b. The Greeks in Egypt T. F. R. G. Braun; 36c. Cyprus V. Karageorghis; 36d. The Cypriot syllabary T. B. Mitford and Olivier Masson; 37. The colonial expansion of Greece A. J. Graham; 38. The western Greeks A. J. Graham; 39a. The eastern Greeks J. M. Cook; 39b. Crete John Boardman; 39c. Cretan laws and society R. F. Willetts; 39d. Euboea and the islands W. G. G. Forrest; 40. Illyris, Epirus and Macedonia N. G. L. Hammond; 41. Central Greece and Thessaly W. G. G. Forrest; 42. The Peloponnese N. G. L. Hammond; 43. The growth of the Athenian state A. Andrewes; 44. The tyranny of Pisistratus A. Andrewes; 45a. Economic and social conditions in the Greek world C. G. Starr; 45b. The material culture of Archaic Greece John Boardman; Chronological table; Bibliography; Index.