CONTENTS

	List of Images and Tables	IX
	Preface	XIII
	Acknowledgments	XXI
	Abbreviations	XXV
1	The Efflorescence of Classical Greece	1
2	Ants around a Pond: An Ecology of City-States	21
3	Political Animals: A Theory of Decentralized Cooperation	45
4	Wealthy Hellas: Measuring Efflorescence	71
5	Explaining Hellas’ Wealth: Fair Rules and Competition	101
6	Citizens and Specialization before 550 BCE	123
7	From Tyranny to Democracy, 550–465 BCE	157
8	Golden Age of Empire, 478–404 BCE	191
9	Disorder and Growth, 403–340 BCE	223
10	Political Fall, 359–334 BCE	261
11	Creative Destruction and Immortality	293
	Appendix I: Regions of the Greek World: Population, Size, Fame	317
	Appendix II: King, City, and Elite Game JOSIAH OBER AND BARRY WEINGAST	321
	Notes	329
	Bibliography	367
	Index	401