Re-Dating Ancient Greece: 500 BC = 1300 AD?
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Ancient Greece is one of the most fascinating cultures of antiquity. It is supposed to have flourished under the Mediterranean sun about 2,500 years ago.Now what if you were told that Ancient Greece were not as ancient as conventional history claims it does?In a book that will make you travel both across the Med and through the centuries, you will learn that "Classical" Greece may have occurred less than a millennium ago, and that it was probably influenced by Vikings, Persians, Arabs and Mongols.Was Homer truly a member of the Saint Omer clan--Frankish knights who invaded Greece in the 13th century AD? Was the Parthenon built as late as the 14th century ? And was Plato truly Pletho, a 15th-century philosopher?Sylvain Tristan's subversive hypothesis will overturn what you think you knew about the "Ancient" World. Will you be bold enough to join the dizzying ride?
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