History (Excerpt)

Author: (Ancient Greek) Herodotus
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: This book is a monumental work by the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus (484-425 BC) chronicling the Greco-Persian Wars. In addition to providing a detailed account of the wars, it offers rich and valuable records of the customs, religions, arts, political systems, as well as agriculture, handicrafts, and other aspects of the Greek, Persian, and various peoples they came into contact with at the time. To this day, most of the materials collected in it remain an important basis for the study of Ancient Greek society.