IMAGES AND TABLES

MAPS

MAP 1

The 45 regions of the Greek world

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MAP 2

The Greek world in context

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MAP 3

Expansion of the Greek world, 800–300 BCE

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MAP 4

Peloponnesus

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MAP 5

Attica and Boeotia

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MAP 6

Sicily

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MAP 7

Athenian empire (maximum extent)

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MAP 8

Aegean Greek world, early to mid-fourth century BCE

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MAP 9

Northern Aegean Greek world, mid-fourth to third century BCE

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FIGURES

Frontispiece

Temple of Apollo at Bassae

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FIGURE 1.1

Development index, core Greece, 1300 BCE–1900 CE

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FIGURE 2.1

Estimated populations, core Greece and the Greek world, 1000–300 BCE

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FIGURE 2.2

Elevations of 902 poleis, by region

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FIGURE 2.3

Polis territory sizes, 1,100 poleis

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FIGURE 2.4

Fame scores, 1,035 poleis

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FIGURE 2.5

Walled poleis, 900–323 BCE

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FIGURE 3.1

Aristotle’s behavioral taxonomy of solitary and social animals

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FIGURE 4.1

Comparative Greek demographics, ancient and modern

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FIGURE 4.2

Athenian inequality, late fourth century BCE (Lorenz curves)

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FIGURE 4.3

Population and consumption estimates, core Greece, 1300 BCE–1900 CE

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FIGURE 5.1

Origins of efflorescence in a marketlike ecology of citizen-centered states

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FIGURE 7.1

Athenian tribe system, after 508 BCE

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FIGURE II.1

King, City, and Elite game

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TABLES

TABLE 2.1

Territorial Sizes and Population Estimates for 1,100 Greek City-States

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TABLE 2.2

Fame Scores for 1,035 Poleis

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TABLE 2.3

Limits to Polis Independence: Some Examples

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TABLE 2.4

Certainty of Attribution of Settlement as a Polis and Degree of Hellenization for 1,035 Poleis

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TABLE 2.5

Greek City Fortifications by 323 BCE

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TABLE 4.1

Summary of Proxy Indicators of Economic Growth

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TABLE 4.2

Estimated Distribution of Greek Population by Polis Size

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TABLE 4.3

Comparative Urbanization Levels and Populations

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TABLE 4.4

Athens, Late Fourth Century BCE Income Distribution Models

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TABLE 4.5

Per Diem Income (Real Wages Expressed as Wheat Wages)

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TABLE 4.6

Income Distribution, Roman Empire

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TABLE 4.7

Athens and Holland, Wheat Wages

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TABLE 4.8

Income Distribution, Late Fourth Century BCE Athens

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TABLE 7.1

Twenty Largest Athenian Demes

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TABLE 8.1

Thucydides’ “Corinthian Assessment”

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TABLE 9.1

Estimated Athenian State Spending and Income

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TABLE I.1

45 Regions of the Greek World: Population, Average Polis Size, and Fame

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TABLE II.1

King, City, and Elite Game: Payoffs to Each Player

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