A Soaring Spirit, 600-400 BC

TimeFrame #4

by Time-Life Books

GREAT HISTORY BOOK THE SERIES IS A GOOD HISTORY COLLECTION

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Reference

174 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[David]

I enjoyed learning more about the Persian Empire (Cyrus, Darius, crazy Xerxes), Greece (beginning of republic, Greek poetry, drama, wars with Persians and themselves), some of Europe (Celts/Romans forming), and Asia (India, China, formation of Confucius, Buddhism, Jainism from the Vedas and Hinduism).

[Emiliya Bozhilova]

Кир, Дарий, Персеполис, Суза, Солон, Сократ, Перикъл, Софокъл, Алкей, Темистокъл, Маратон и Саламин, Кун-фудзъ, дървото Бодхи и Буда... Изумително разнообразни са героите, които вдигат факела на разума в мрачни времена, и местата, където той припламва.

[Rob Markley]

Interesting cross section but that's about it

[Rebecca]

Read as a teenager. This series was a present from my parents

[Anthony Bello]

The book gives a more balanced account than expected to the Persian invasion of Greece at the expense of a brief account of the Peloponnesian War.