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Introduction to Ancient Greek History

Yale,, Fall 2007 , Prof. Donald Kagan

Updated On 02 Feb, 19

Overview

Introduction - The Dark Ages - The Rise of the Polis - The Greek - Sparta - The Rise of Athens - The Persian Wars - The Athenian Empire - Athenian Democracy - The Peloponnesian War - The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece - Twilight of the Polis - Twilight of the Polis (cont.) and Conclusion

Includes

Lecture 15: Athenian Democracy

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Lecture Details

Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205)

In this lecture, Professor Kagan describes the mechanics of the Delian League and its transformation into the Athenian empire. This transformation caused Athens to rival Sparta as an equal in power and prestige. He also argues that this process took place rather smoothly due to the good relations between Sparta and Athens. Professor Kagan argues that Cimon the Athenian generally played an important part in this development. Finally, Professor Kagan begins to describe the workings of Athenian democracy by comparing it with modern American democracy.

0000 - Chapter 1. The Rise of the Athenian Empire (Cont.)
1025 - Chapter 2. Competition for Power between Sparta and Athens
1551 - Chapter 3. Cimon, His Popularity and Rise to Power
3029 - Chapter 4. The Thasian Rebellion and the Eventual Removal of Cimon
4259 - Chapter 5. A Fuller Athenian Democracy
5512 - Chapter 6. Organization of Athenian Democracy The Legislative
010442 - Chapter 7. Organization of Athenian Democracy The Executive

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website httpopen.yale.educourses

This course was recorded in Fall 2007.

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Sam

Excellent course helped me understand topic that i couldn't while attendinfg my college.

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Dembe

Great course. Thank you very much.

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