Limb, Brouwer, Histoire mor et Relig. des Grecs. / Histoire de la civilisation morale et religieuse des grecs, par P. van Limburg Brouwer,..

Title

Limb, Brouwer, Histoire mor et Relig. des Grecs. / Histoire de la civilisation morale et religieuse des grecs, par P. van Limburg Brouwer,..

Description

5 books on the history of the moral and religious civilisation of the Greeks. Vol. 1 (pp 367) - Vol. 2 (pp 588). Première partie: Les siècles héroïques und Vol. 3/4 (pp 277/480), Vol. 5/6 (pp. 309/418), Vol. 7/8 (pp 497/370) Seconde partie: Depuis le retour des Héraclides jusqu'à la domination des Romains. Edited by W. van Boekeren.

c. 1833-1841

Artist

Limburg Brouwer

Historical Description

Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilisation, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, Western drama and the Olympic Games. From the eighth century B.C., the Greeks were organised into various independent city-states, known as poleis (singular polis), which spanned the entire Mediterranean region and the Black Sea. Philip of Macedon united most of the Greek mainland in the fourth century BC, with his son Alexander the Great rapidly conquering much of the ancient world, from the eastern Mediterranean to India. Greece was annexed by Rome in the second century B.C., becoming an integral part of the Roman Empire and its successor, the Byzantine Empire, which adopted the Greek language and culture. The Greek Orthodox Church, which emerged in the first century A.D., helped shape modern Greek identity and transmitted Greek traditions to the wider Orthodox World. After falling under Ottoman dominion in the mid-15th century, Greece emerged as a modern nation state in 1830 following a war of independence.