CLAS 1051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mesoamerican Chronology, Totalitarianism, Fokker E.Ii
25 Sep 2016
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Note: these are notes i hand wrote and transferred into a digital format. Greece did not adopt democracy from egypt or the near-easy. Very fertile and surrounded mountains: city was not very grand, by very important. Had great success: very famous for willingness to give to the community, militaristic society c. i. People are trained from a young age for the military: the helots d. i. Subjugated in 7th century, liberated in 369 bc e. Thermopylae and the epitaph: military was very successful; heavy infantry a. i. Women never saw the smoke of war a. ii. Spartan kings were in battle with everyone else a. iii. 1. It was shameful to lose a battle and come back alive: famous story b. i. Spartans decided to fight until they die even though they were greatly out numbered b. ii. Huge heroes at the time even though they were left out the famous 300 b. ii. 1. b. ii. 2. Fought to the end to slow down the persians b. iii.
