{"id":13861,"date":"2026-08-10T11:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nokobox.com\/index.php\/item\/the-great-courses-plus-the-greek-and-persian-wars-2025-12\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T11:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:05:24","slug":"the-great-courses-plus-the-greek-and-persian-wars-2025-12","status":"publish","type":"digital_item","link":"https:\/\/nokobox.com\/index.php\/item\/the-great-courses-plus-the-greek-and-persian-wars-2025-12\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Courses Plus \u2013 The Greek and Persian Wars 2025-12"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Description<\/h2>\n

The Greek and Persian Wars is a course on the battles between the Greek city-states and the vast Persian Empire published by The Great Courses Plus online academy. This course examines one of the most defining conflicts of the ancient world, detailing a series of battles between the Greek city-states and the vast Persian Empire in the 5th century BC. It examines the political, cultural, and military forces that led to the wars, the strategies employed by both sides, and the dramatic encounters that shaped the future of Greece and ultimately Western civilization. Through a compelling historical narrative, it highlights how the smaller, independent Greek states resisted the expansion of the empire, creating a lasting legacy of resistance, identity, and innovation in warfare and governance.<\/p>\n

Professor Hill, an expert in ancient warfare, offers rare insights into how each conflict was won and lost. You will learn about the great Greek and Persian leaders and compare the war technologies they pioneered. A distinguished archaeologist, he offers rare and valuable insights gained from years of fieldwork, including landscape analysis of the battlefield of Marathon and modern archaeological surveys of the land where Xerxes and his engineers dug an 80-foot-wide canal at the tip of the Aegean Sea. It is a perspective on history that you will find almost nowhere else. By juxtaposing both sides of the story \u2013 Greek and Persian \u2013 Professor Hill creates a complex and informative account of this world-changing era.<\/p>\n

What you will learn in The Greek and Persian Wars:<\/h3>\n