The Greeks

The Story of Man Part 4

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 …

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Mission, Service, Leadership Part 1

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 …

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The Ascent of Man Part 5

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 …

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Lansdale Honarary Doctorate Part 3

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 …

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Thermopylae

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 …

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Alexander and the East

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 …

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A War Like No Other

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 …

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