POL 2107 Study Guide - Final Guide: Participatory Democracy, Minuscule 424, Athenian Democracy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2107
• Professor: Sophie Bourgault

Document Summary

Notes: situating the greek miracle: a brief history of ancient greece. Within the span of 100 years, a single people managed to create arguably the greatest cultural, political, philosophical, and architectural revelations of all time. Bronze age (3000-1100 bce): the trojan war 1194-1184, the central war that shaped the greek imagination. Dark ages (1100-750 bc): thanks to natural disasters, unrest, illiteracy, drop in population. An estimated 70% of knowledge was lost, this great fall and implosion of the palace system gave way to the city state. This was a period of revival of bronze age. Greek heroes as the speed of greek colonization accelerated. 411: oligarchic revolution in athens (rule of the 400) 404: another oligarchy revolution (rule of the 30 tyrants) 399: trial of socrates: the functions of tragedy (a connection between the birth of participatory democracy and the ourishing of tragedy?)