@article{858546,
      recid = {858546},
      author = {Chaniotis, Angelos,},
      title = {Age of conquests : the Greek world from Alexander to  Hadrian /},
      pages = {xxxii, 446 pages :},
      note = {Published in the United Kingdom as: Age of conquests : the  Greek world from Alexander to Hadrian (336 BC-AD 138),  London : Profile Books, LTD, 2018. -- Title page verso},
      abstract = {"The world that Alexander remade in his lifetime was  transformed once more by his death in 323 BCE. His  successors reorganized Persian lands to create a new empire  stretching from the eastern Mediterranean as far as  present-day Afghanistan, while in Greece and Macedonia a  fragile balance of power repeatedly dissolved into war.  Then, from the late third century BCE to the end of the  first, Rome's military and diplomatic might successively  dismantled these post-Alexandrian political structures, one  by one. During the Hellenistic period (c. 323-30 BCE),  small polities struggled to retain the illusion of their  identity and independence, in the face of violent  antagonism among large states. With time, trade growth  resumed and centers of intellectual and artistic  achievement sprang up across a vast network, from Italy to  Afghanistan and Russia to Ethiopia. But the death of  Cleopatra in 30 BCE brought this Hellenistic moment to a  close--or so the story goes. In the author's view, however,  the Hellenistic world continued to Hadrian's death in 138  CE. Not only did Hellenistic social structures survive the  coming of Rome, the author shows, but social, economic, and  cultural trends that were set in motion between the deaths  of Alexander and Cleopatra intensified during this extended  period. This volume provides a compelling narrative of the  main events that shaped ancient civilization during five  crucial centuries. Many of these  developments--globalization, the rise of megacities,  technological progress, religious diversity, and rational  governance--have parallels in our world today." --  Publisher's description},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/858546},
}