In this landmark book, John Ma provides a new history of the polis, charting its spread and development into a common denominator for hundreds of communities from the Black Sea to North Africa and from the Near East to Italy. He explores its remarkable achievements as a political form offering community, autonomy, prosperity, public goods, and ...

2025年4月3日 · Preview . John Ma’s book is a milestone. It traces the development of the Greek polis (geographical focus: Greece, the Aegean islands, the Black Sea region, Asia Minor) from its earliest beginnings in the Bronze Age to late antiquity; it develops criteria for an overarching definition of the polis that spans more than a millennium and yet takes into account the constant dynamics of its ...

2024年6月4日 · In this book, ancient historian John Ma offers a new history of the polis from its origins in the Early Iron Age through its eclipse in Late Antiquity. He aims to answer a few big questions...

2024年6月4日 · Polis proposes a panoramic account of the ancient Greek city-state, its diverse forms, and enduring characteristics over the span of a millennium. In this landmark book, John Ma provides a new history of the polis, charting its spread and development into a common denominator for hundreds of communities from the Black Sea to North Africa and ...

2006年10月5日 · Mogens Herman Hansen provides a thoroughly accessible introduction to the polis (plural: poleis), or ancient Greek city-state, which represents by far the largest of all city-state cultures. He addresses such topics as the emergence of the polis, its size and population, and its political organization, ranging from famous poleis such as Athens ...

Polis proposes a panoramic account of the ancient Greek city-state, its diverse forms, and enduring characteristics over the span of a millennium. In this landmark book, John Ma provides a new history of the polis , charting its spread and development into a common denominator for hundreds of communities from the Black Sea to North Africa and ...

2024年6月4日 · In this landmark book, John Ma provides a new history of the polis, charting its spread and development into a common denominator for hundreds of communities from the Black Sea to North Africa and from the Near East to Italy. He explores its remarkable achievements as a political form offering community, autonomy, prosperity, public goods, and ...

2023年9月26日 · This book offers a comprehensive exploration into the foundational civilizational societies, delving deep into the empires of the ancient Near East and tracing the evolution of societal order through cosmological myths to philosophical thought in the Hellenic polis.