The Greeks: A Global HistoryA sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of this classical civilization. As historian Roderick Beaton illustrates, over three millennia Greek speakers produced a series of civilizations that were rooted in