Nextext


	Learn more about our featured books: Ancient Rome Stories In History The Ancient World Stories In History		Ancient Greece describes the rise and fall of the great classical Greek civilization. Stories cover the period from the rise of Greek civilization on Minoan Crete in about 2000 b.c. to the youth of Alexander the Great (356–323 b.c.). The reader is introduced to the great city-states of Athens and Sparta and the role that these very different societies played in the spread of the Greek empire and the development of classical Greek culture. Throughout, history is seen through the eyes of those who lived during that turbulent period.