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A Soaring Spirit TimeFrame 600-400 B.C.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover: 174 pages. Publisher: Time-Life book Inc; (1987). ISBN: 080946408X. The Time Frame series was released in the late 80's-early 90's. Each volume undertakes to describe the major events that happened in one specific time period in the development of mankind’s civilization(s). The volumes are richly illustrated, and designed as an introduction to the time frame covered. Especially compelling are the artists interpretations or recreations of what various ancient civilizations would have looked like – their architecture, homes, monuments, cities, daily life, jewelry, food, family life, dwellings, occupations, etc. As just one instance, the ruins of Babylon and Ur, Athens and Rome hint at the incredible richness of those fabled cities. The artist’s recreations in this series are simply mind-numbing. This is as close as you can be to actually having been there.

The entire series is truly a magnificent introduction to the history of the era. If you could have just one book (or series of books) to introduce the history of humankind, this would have to be it. The overviews are concise and well-written. Together with the illustration and pictures they impart a wonderful mental and emotional “picture” of what life must have been like in various civilizations and at various times. Done in a style so wonderfully characteristic of Time-Life’s publications, these are over-sized “coffee table” type books full of impressive imagery. The pictures of the world’s greatest art and architecture alone are worth the cost of these books. But don’t get the impression that these volumes are “fluff”. While a particular volume might not quite take the place as a university degree, the material is well-written, informative, and immensely intellectually gratifying, overview though it might be. This particular volume, “Time-Frame 600-400 B.C.”, is sub-titled “A Soaring Spirit”.

The material is divided into a number of subjects which will give you an idea of the rich content; and includes:

“Persia at the Crest” - Darius I, The Empire’s Peak in 522 B.C. – Scythian Cavalrymen – King Cyrus’s Babylon – Persepolis, Cosmopolitan Capital, Mede, Ionian, Indian, Scythian, Cilician, Persian, Bactrian, Assyrian – Cyrus the Great’s “Paradise Garden” at Pasargadae – The Attraction of Wild Beasts.

“The Hellenic Unfolding” – The Embattled Greeks – The Persian War – Battle of Marathon 490 B.C. – Battle of Salamis 480 B.C. – Battle of Plataea 479 B.C. – Battle of Mantinea 418 B.C. – Battle of Syracuse 416-413 B.C. – the Islands of the Aegean Sea – The Goddess Athena Patron of Athens – Homer’s Odyssey – Rewards of the Playing Field and The Olympics – Persian Immortal versus Greek Hoplite – Athenian Naval Triremes – The Glory of Athens – An Alphabetic Legacy – The Intellects of Athens – Greek Ceramics – The Flowering Voice of Poetry – Songs of Early Poets – The Tragedians – Aeschylus, Ancient Vengeance – Sophocles, Exploring Evil – Euripides, Denial of the God - Creating an Ideal Beauty – Shaping the Stone – Casting a Masterpiece – A Golden Tribute – Canvas of Clay.

“Dawn of the Romans” – Romulus and Remus – Celtic/Roman Conflicts – Ornamented Temples – Artistry in Weapons – Celtic Hilltop Fortresses – La Tene Culture.

“Enlightenment in the East” – Decline of the Zhou – Northern and Southern Barbarian Kingdoms – Armor and Weaponry of The Chinese Warrior – A Unified India. “Dwellings for the Dead” – Sepulcher for a Persian King – Tomb of a Celtic Warrior – Etruscan Grave with Familial Comforts. -

CONDITION: 1) New, never read.

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