THE STORY OF MAN AN INTRODUCTION TO 150,000 YEARS OF HUMAN HISTORY CYRILL AYDON CARROLL & GRAF 2007 PART IV Chapter 9: The Rise and Fall of Rome Alexander the Great’s conquests spread Greek influence around the Eastern Mediterranean and South-west and Central Asia, as far as northern India, where his soldiers finally forced …
THE CREATION OF WORLD POVERTY TERESA HAYTER Pluto Press in association with Third World First Second edition 1990 PART III Chapter 2: Extremes of Poverty and Wealth There is no lack of information on the extreme forms of deprivation which the majority of people in this world now suffer. Most but not all of …
GREEK SUMMER 2011 MISSION. SERVICE. LEADERSHIP. PART I Introduction I was engaged by Bruce Lansdale in 1978 to be his Associate Director for Administration and worked with him till he retired in 1990. Christine and I were married in 1988 and becoming a family member gave me additional insights into a man who has …
THE ASCENT OF MAN JACOB BROWNOWSKI MACDONALD FUTURA PUBLISHERS 1973 PART V Chapter 5: The Music of the Spheres Even very primitive peoples have a number system. Born on Samos, about 580 BC, the first genius and founder of Greek mathematics, was Pythagoras. He said there is a harmony in nature, a unity in …
AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL BRUCE LANSDALE MEMORIAL PART IX Introduction On February 1, 1990 Bruce Lansdale was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Agriculture by the Faculty of Agriculture of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki. This is the second part of THE POWER OF MYTH IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT BY Bruce M. Lansdale POWER …
THE WAY TO GREECE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM ANTIQUITY TO MODERN TIMES MARIA BELIVANI ELLINIKA GRAMMATA ATHENS 2004 PART II THE BIRTH OF DEMOCRACY Athens, the first democracy One of the most influential concepts of Ancient Greece has been that of democracy (Demos + Kratos = The power of the people). In …
THE WAY TO GREECE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM ANTIQUITY TO MODERN TIMES MARIA BELIVANI ELLINIKA GRAMMATA ATHENS 2004 PART I Preface by Maria Belivani, April 2004 Is there a way to live in harmony with ourselves and the environment? The aim of this book is to suggest some answers to this …
THERMOPYLAE THE BATTLE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD PAUL CARTLEDGE THE OVERLOOK PRESS 2006 The inside cover In 480 BC, a huge Persian army, led by the fabled King Xerxes, entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae as they marched on Greece, intending to conquer the land with little difficulty. But the Greeks – led by King …
ALEXANDER AND THE EAST DIMITRIOS PANDERMALIS THESSALONIKI CULTURAL CAPITAL OF EUROPE 1997 ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI This guide to the exhibition ALEXANDER AND THE EAST was printed in 3,000 copies in December 1997 under the auspices of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on behalf of “Thessaloniki Cultural Capital of Europe 1997” Prologue For …
A WAR LIKE NO OTHER HOW THE ATHENIANS AND SPARTANS FOUGHT THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR VICTOR DAVIS HANSON RANDOM HOUSE 2005 Prologue In April 404 B.C. the Spartan admiral Lysander finally led his vast armada of ships, crammed with some 30,000 jubilant seamen, into the hated port of Athens at the Piraeus to finish the Peloponnesian …
