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The history of Greece by Thomopoulos, Elaine

Table of Contents: “…Timeline of historic events -- The land and its people -- From prehistoric man to the golden age of classical Greece -- The Hellenistic age and the Roman Empire -- The Byzantine Empire and rule by the Ottomans -- Fighting for independence -- Establishing an independent nation -- Immigration, wars, and the great catastrophe -- World War II and the occupation, 1940-1944 -- Civil war, 1944-1949 -- Recovery after the wars -- Democracy returns to Greece -- Notable people in the history of Greece.…”
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The history of Greece by Thomopoulos, Elaine

Table of Contents: “…Timeline of historic events -- The land and its people -- From prehistoric man to the golden age of classical Greece -- The Hellenistic age and the Roman Empire -- The Byzantine Empire and rule by the Ottomans -- Fighting for independence -- Establishing an independent nation -- Immigration, wars, and the great catastrophe -- World War II and the occupation, 1940-1944 -- Civil war, 1944-1949 -- Recovery after the wars -- Democracy returns to Greece -- Notable people in the history of Greece.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Political Landscapes of Capital Cities /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : The spatial turn and political landscapes of capital cities / Eulogio Guzmán, Jessica Joyce Christie, and Jelena Bogdanović -- Akhenaten's Amarna in new kingdom Egypt : relations of landscape and ideology / Jessica Joyce Christie -- "Memorials of the ability of them all" : tetrarchic displays in the Roman Forum's central area / Gregor Kalas -- The relational spiritual geopolitics of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire / Jelena Bogdanović -- Beyond the ashes : the making of Bangkok as the capital city of Siam / Melody Rod-ari -- Monumental perceptions of the Tiwanaku landscape / Alexei Vranich -- The Inka capital Cusco as the model of an imperial cultural landscape / Jessica Joyce Christie -- Making landfall : anchoring authority in the public and private political sphere of the basin of Mexico / Eulogio Guzmán -- Provincial capital vs. peasant capital : a subaltern perspective on urban rise and fall from grace / Anne Parmly Toxey -- La Parola al Piccone : demonstrations of fascism at the Imperial Fora and the mausoleum of Augustus / Stephanie Zeier Pilat -- Tehran : a revolution in making / Talinn Grigor -- Conclusions : Ontological relations and the spatial politics of capital cities / Jelena Bogdanović, Jessica Joyce Christie, and Eulogio Guzmán.…”
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Political Landscapes of Capital Cities /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : The spatial turn and political landscapes of capital cities / Eulogio Guzmán, Jessica Joyce Christie, and Jelena Bogdanović -- Akhenaten's Amarna in new kingdom Egypt : relations of landscape and ideology / Jessica Joyce Christie -- "Memorials of the ability of them all" : tetrarchic displays in the Roman Forum's central area / Gregor Kalas -- The relational spiritual geopolitics of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire / Jelena Bogdanović -- Beyond the ashes : the making of Bangkok as the capital city of Siam / Melody Rod-ari -- Monumental perceptions of the Tiwanaku landscape / Alexei Vranich -- The Inka capital Cusco as the model of an imperial cultural landscape / Jessica Joyce Christie -- Making landfall : anchoring authority in the public and private political sphere of the basin of Mexico / Eulogio Guzmán -- Provincial capital vs. peasant capital : a subaltern perspective on urban rise and fall from grace / Anne Parmly Toxey -- La Parola al Piccone : demonstrations of fascism at the Imperial Fora and the mausoleum of Augustus / Stephanie Zeier Pilat -- Tehran : a revolution in making / Talinn Grigor -- Conclusions : Ontological relations and the spatial politics of capital cities / Jelena Bogdanović, Jessica Joyce Christie, and Eulogio Guzmán.…”
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