The Greeks

The first Greeks; the Minoan palaces; Minoan religion; the end of the Minoans; the Mycenaeans; Mycenaean cities; the Trojan War; the end of the age; the dark ages; the archaic period; the Greeks and their neighbours; social structure and government; Sparta; farming and food; a Greek house; clothes and jewellery; pottery; markets, money and trade; travel by land and sea; the army; the navy; the Persian wars; the city of Athens; architecture; sculpture; metalworkers and miners; the role of women; childhood and education; music and poetry; parties and games; the theatre; athletics and sport; democracy in Athens; the golden age and the Peloponnesian War; gods and goddesses; temples, worship and festivals; oracles and mystery cults; death and the underworld; the rise of Macedonia; Alexander the Great; the Hellenistic world; learning; medicine; appendix.