Most of the history of Europe before the birth of Christ is the history of the Greeks and Italians. This primer presents Greek history from prehistoric times to Alexander's empire. The following chapters are presented: (1) The Beginnings of the Greeks; (2) Peloponnesus down to B.C. 500--Colonies; (3) Attica to B.C. 500; (4) The Ionic Revolt and Persian Wars; (5) The Empire of Athens and the Peloponnesian War; (6) Sparta, Thebes, Macedonia; and (7) Empire of Alexander. The following maps are included: (1) Persian Empire and Greece; (2) Greece and the Aegean Coasts; (3) Southern Greece; (4) The Greek Colonies; and (5) Salamis and Coast of Attica.