Project Gutenberg 2024-01-13 Public domain in the USA. 182 Grundy, G. B. (George Beardoe) 1861 1948 Grundy, George Beardoe The great Persian War and its preliminaries : $b A study of the evidence, literary and topographical $aNew York :$bCharles Scribner's Sons, $c1901. "The Great Persian War and its Preliminaries: A Study of the Evidence, Literary and Topographical" by G. B. Grundy is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on the significant military conflict known as the Greco-Persian Wars, providing new insights based on recent topographical surveys and critiquing classical sources like Herodotus and Thucydides. It explores the interactions between Greek and Persian civilizations, examining the historical context leading up to the pivotal battles and their broader implications in world history. The opening of the book establishes the author's intention to present a well-supported narrative regarding the Persian Wars, addressing the ongoing debates among historians about the reliability of ancient sources. Grundy acknowledges doubts raised by modern critics but insists on re-evaluating much of that criticism as potentially flawed. He introduces the concept of topographical evidence as pivotal to understanding the military strategies of the time, sharing his firsthand experiences surveying battle sites in Greece. The first chapter delves into the initial conflicts and political dynamics between the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire, setting the stage for the detailed exploration of warfare that follows throughout the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240107152551grundy 1901 US Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Greece -- History -- Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. DF Text Category: History - Ancient Category: History - Warfare 1713702 2025-09-28T14:41:28.365404 text/html 1626793 2024-01-16T21:12:15 text/html 11351574 2025-09-28T14:41:55.404838 application/epub+zip 11381771 2025-09-28T14:41:34.648419 application/epub+zip 777304 2025-09-28T14:41:30.693434 application/epub+zip 12490335 2025-09-28T14:42:08.482724 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 12404984 2025-09-28T14:41:51.335758 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1398096 2025-09-28T14:41:24.004388 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1378325 2024-01-16T21:12:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15692 2025-09-28T14:42:08.662694 application/rdf+xml 12751 2025-09-28T14:41:31.160366 image/jpeg 2139 2025-09-28T14:41:30.927394 image/jpeg 13745723 2025-09-28T14:41:28.687378 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