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J. B. Bury's History of Ancient Greece has been one of the most influential authorities on the Ancient Greece for over one century. This book presents the complete political history of Ancient Greece from its earliest beginnings in 3rd millennium B.C. all the way until the death of Alexander the Great. • Greece and the Aegean • The Beginnings of Greece and the Heroic Age • The Expansion of Greece • Growth of Sparta - Fall of the Aristocracies • The Union of Attica and the Foundation of the Athenian Democracy • Growth of Athens in the Sixth Century • The Advance of Persia to the Aegean • The Perils of Greece - the Persian and Punic Invasions • The Foundation of the Athenian Empire • The Athenian Empire Under the Guidance of Pericles • The Decline and Downfall of the Athenian Empire • The Spartan Supremacy and the Persian War • The Revival of Athens and Her Second League • The Hegemony of Thebes • The Syracusan Empire and the Struggle With Carthage • The Rise of Macedonia • The Conquest of Persia • The Conquest of the Far East