"The Cambridge Ancient History", abbr.: CAH) is the most authoritative of all complex multi-volume works existing today, examining in unity the specific history of the countries of the ancient East, Greek city-states and the Roman Mediterranean from ancient times to 602 AD. e.. The first publication, consisting of twelve volumes, was carried out from 1924 to 1936. The new edition, begun in 1970 and completed in 2001, already consists of fourteen volumes, some of which are divided into two or more parts (in total, the second edition of The Cambridge History of the Ancient World in its original English version includes 19 books ).The fourth century BC saw a tremendous expansion of the Greek world. This volume begins with the story of the Spartans' attempts to consolidate their leadership in mainland Hellas, and ends with the death of Alexander the Great, which occurred after he conquered the Persian Empire and reached India. In covering political and economic issues, this volume covers a correspondingly very wide geographical range, not limiting itself to ancient Greece alone, but also exploring the countries of the Middle East and the Western Mediterranean. Persia, which returned to the Greek scene in 413 BC. e., invariably remains an essential part of the story. A new series of reviews of non-Greek regions, both within the Persian state and beyond, continues similar reviews of Volume IV of the CIDM. Such stories in the chapters on Sicily, Carthage and Italy serve as a reminder that events of primary importance did not only take place in the Eastern Mediterranean. The fourth century BC also saw the continued development of classical Hellenic art and the development of Greek prose into an incredibly elastic medium of expression. The formation of great philosophical schools for a long time guaranteed Athens - at the time of its political decline - the role of a cultural center, and the ways of thinking developed here dominated Western civilization for two thousand years. This publication, published in two half-volumes, completes the corpus of "Greek" volumes " Cambridge History of the Ancient World" (III.3, IV, V, VI). The text layer is recognized. Content available. The quality is good.