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Lord Byron described Greece as great fallen and immortal a characterization more apt than he knew Through most of its long history Greece was poor But in the classical era Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and worked for high wages at specialized occupations Middleclass spending drove sustained economic growth and classical wealth produced a stunning cultural efflorescence lasting hundreds of yearsWhy did Greece reach such heights in the classical periodand why only then And how after the Greek miracle had endured for centuries did the Macedonians defeat the Greeks seemingly bringing an end to their glory Drawing on a massive body of newly available data and employing novel approaches to evidence Josiah Ober offers a major new history of classical Greece and an unprecedented account of its rise and fallOber argues that Greeces rise was no miracle but rather the result of political breakthroughs and economic development The extraordinary emergence of citizencentered citystates transformed Greece into a society that defeated the mighty Persian Empire Yet Philip and Alexander of Macedon were able to beat the Greeks in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE a victory made possible by the Macedonians appropriation of Greek innovations After Alexanders death battlehardened warlords fought ruthlessly over the remnants of his empire But Greek cities remained populous and wealthy their economy and culture surviving to be passed on to the Romansand to usA compelling narrative filled with uncanny modern parallels this is a book for anyone interested in how great civilizations are born and dieThis book is based on evidence available on a new interactive website To learn more please visit httppolisstanfordedu
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Lord Byron described Greece as great fallen and immortal a characterization more apt than he knew Through most of its long history Greece was poor But in the classical era Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and worked for high wages at specialized occupations Middleclass spending drove sustained economic growth and classical wealth produced a stunning cultural efflorescence lasting hundreds of yearsWhy did Greece reach such heights in the classical periodand why only then And how after the Greek miracle had endured for centuries did the Macedonians defeat the Greeks seemingly bringing an end to their glory Drawing on a massive body of newly available data and employing novel approaches to evidence Josiah Ober offers a major new history of classical Greece and an unprecedented account of its rise and fallOber argues that Greeces rise was no miracle but rather the result of political breakthroughs and economic development The extraordinary emergence of citizencentered citystates transformed Greece into a society that defeated the mighty Persian Empire Yet Philip and Alexander of Macedon were able to beat the Greeks in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE a victory made possible by the Macedonians appropriation of Greek innovations After Alexanders death battlehardened warlords fought ruthlessly over the remnants of his empire But Greek cities remained populous and wealthy their economy and culture surviving to be passed on to the Romansand to usA compelling narrative filled with uncanny modern parallels this is a book for anyone interested in how great civilizations are born and dieThis book is based on evidence available on a new interactive website To learn more please visit httppolisstanfordedu
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Touted as the Jerusalem of the Balkans the Mediterranean port city of Salonica Thessaloniki was once home to the largest Sephardic Jewish community in the world The collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the citys incorporation into Greece in 1912 provoked a major upheaval that compelled Salonicas Jews to reimagine their community and status as citizens of a nationstate Jewish Salonica is the first book to tell the story of this tumultuous transition through the voices and perspectives of Salonican Jews as they forged a new place for themselves in Greek society Devin E Naar traveled the globe from New York to Salonica Jerusalem and Moscow to excavate archives once confiscated by the Nazis Written in Ladino Greek French and Hebrew these archives combined with local newspapers reveal how Salonicas Jews fashioned a new hybrid identity as Hellenic Jews during a period marked by rising nationalism and economic crisis as well as unprecedented Jewish cultural and political vibrancy Salonicas JewsZionists assimilationists and socialistsreinvigorated their connection to the city and claimed it as their own until the Holocaust Through the case of Salonicas Jews Naar recovers the diverse experiences of a lost religious linguistic and national minority at the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East
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K E Flemings Greecea Jewish History is the first comprehensive Englishlanguage history of Greek Jews and the only history that includes material on their diaspora in Israel and the United States The book tells the story of a people who for the most part no longer exist and whose identity is a paradox in that it wasnt fully formed until after most Greek Jews had emigrated or been deported and killed by the Nazis For centuries Jews lived in areas that are now part of Greece But Greek Jews as a nationalized group existed in substantial number only for a few short decadesfrom the Balkan Wars 191213 until the Holocaust in which more than 80 percent were killed Greecea Jewish History describes their diverse histories and the processes that worked to make them emerge as a Greek collective It also follows Jews as they left Greeceas deportees to Auschwitz or émigrés to PalestineIsrael and New Yorks Lower East Side In such foreign settings their Greekness was emphasized as it never was in Greece where Orthodox Christianity traditionally defines national identity and antiSemitism remains common
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K E Flemings Greecea Jewish History is the first comprehensive Englishlanguage history of Greek Jews and the only history that includes material on their diaspora in Israel and the United States The book tells the story of a people who for the most part no longer exist and whose identity is a paradox in that it wasnt fully formed until after most Greek Jews had emigrated or been deported and killed by the Nazis For centuries Jews lived in areas that are now part of Greece But Greek Jews as a nationalized group existed in substantial number only for a few short decadesfrom the Balkan Wars 191213 until the Holocaust in which more than 80 percent were killed Greecea Jewish History describes their diverse histories and the processes that worked to make them emerge as a Greek collective It also follows Jews as they left Greeceas deportees to Auschwitz or émigrés to PalestineIsrael and New Yorks Lower East Side In such foreign settings their Greekness was emphasized as it never was in Greece where Orthodox Christianity traditionally defines national identity and antiSemitism remains common
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In this monumental work Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century Until now there has been little attention given to the significant role that Jews played in the field of alchemy Here drawing on an enormous range of previously unexplored sources Patai reveals that Jews were major players in what was for centuries one of humanitys most compelling intellectual obsessionsOriginally published in 1994The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest printondemand technology to again make available previously outofprint books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
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In this monumental work Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century Until now there has been little attention given to the significant role that Jews played in the field of alchemy Here drawing on an enormous range of previously unexplored sources Patai reveals that Jews were major players in what was for centuries one of humanitys most compelling intellectual obsessionsOriginally published in 1994The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest printondemand technology to again make available previously outofprint books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
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In this monumental work Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century Until now there has been little attention given to the significant role that Jews played in the field of alchemy Here drawing on an enormous range of previously unexplored sources Patai reveals that Jews were major players in what was for centuries one of humanitys most compelling intellectual obsessionsOriginally published in 1994The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest printondemand technology to again make available previously outofprint books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
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In 70 CE the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts trade moneylending and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World from Seville to Mangalore What caused this radical change The Chosen Few presents a new answer to this question by applying the lens of economic analysis to the key facts of fifteen formative centuries of Jewish history Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein offer a powerful new explanation of one of the most significant transformations in Jewish history while also providing fresh insights into the growing debate about the social and economic impact of religion
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In 70 CE the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts trade moneylending and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World from Seville to Mangalore What caused this radical change The Chosen Few presents a new answer to this question by applying the lens of economic analysis to the key facts of fifteen formative centuries of Jewish history Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein offer a powerful new explanation of one of the most significant transformations in Jewish history while also providing fresh insights into the growing debate about the social and economic impact of religion
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