Project Gutenberg 2020-10-19 Public domain in the USA. 212 Ferguson, William Scott 1875 1954 13019150 Greek Imperialism Imperialism and the city-state -- Athens: an imperial democracy -- From Sparta to Aristotle -- Alexander the Great and world-monarchy -- Acts by which Alexander disclosed his policies -- The Ptolemaic dynasty -- The Seleucid empire -- The empire of the Antigonids. E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Graeme Mackreth, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Greek Imperialism" by William Scott Ferguson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work is based on a series of lectures that explore the political evolution and imperial practices of ancient Greece, particularly highlighting the dynamics of city-states and their transitions into imperial entities. Ferguson examines the theoretical and practical aspects of governance from leading city-states such as Athens and Sparta through the rise and fall of empires like those of Alexander and the Hellenistic successors. The opening of the book introduces the thesis that the city-states of ancient Greece were inherently limited in their capacity for unification and growth due to their nature as unicellular organisms that could not easily form larger political entities. Ferguson defines key terms related to imperialism and sets the stage for a detailed examination of Greek imperial development, emphasizing the ongoing struggle against imperialism and the eventual emergence of political structures that integrated city-states into larger federations. He discusses various historical examples, hinting that despite their fierce independence, the Greek city-states ultimately yielded to the need for greater unity in the face of external threats, paving the way for the rise of empires that would eventually lead to the domination of Rome. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Greece -- History Imperialism Greece -- Politics and government JC Text Category: History - Ancient 578790 2025-06-25T07:36:27.785813 text/html 562486 2020-10-19T17:26:05 text/html 284640 2025-06-25T07:36:37.985216 application/epub+zip 291088 2025-06-25T07:36:29.940249 application/epub+zip 273540 2025-06-25T07:36:28.875216 application/epub+zip 461003 2025-06-25T07:36:42.805193 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405105 2025-06-25T07:36:36.706160 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388017 2022-09-28T16:34:31.964406 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 434833 2025-06-25T07:36:26.522214 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 434851 2020-10-19T17:15:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19653 2025-06-25T07:36:42.945141 application/rdf+xml 19507 2025-06-25T07:36:29.030198 image/jpeg 2389 2025-06-25T07:36:28.952221 image/jpeg 166355 2020-10-19T17:15:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 262432 2020-10-19T17:31:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 263548 2025-06-25T07:36:27.832272 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia