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On the culture that brought us democracy, the Olympics, Socrates, and Alexander the Great, this lavishly illustrated reference about ancient Greece presents the amazing history through gripping stories the rise and fall of the phenomenal empire the powerful legacy left by ancient Greece for the modern world and the new discoveries shedding light on these ancient people that are still so much with us. Even today, Greek art and architecture dominate our cities modern military strategists still study and employ Hellenic war tactics Greek poetry, plays, and philosophy are widely read and enjoyed and science, mathematics, medicine, and astronomy all build on the fundamentals "