ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Acropolis Of Athens, Peplos Kore, Pediment
19 Mar 2016
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Philosophy, theater, democracy (triumphed then was forgotten) 500bc asian powers dominated: europe = tribes. 6th century bc dominated by the acropolis (hub of life: built on prehistoric foundations (tombs 1000-1500bc) Greek shipping made trade routes with black sea, palestine, and india. Fought as one as greeks, not as individual cities. Path to democracy smoothed by tyranny (5th c. bc) 6thc. bc athens no longer tolerated the tyrants: this helped to spark the ideas of democracy. The people of athens were given power rioting and overthrowing their rulers birthing democracy. What begun as one mans solution to a problem will result in a new government regime: soon democracy was worshipped as a goddess, one ruler was not replaced with more rulers but with self governing. They transformed their society, any citizen could attend and cast their own votes and governors were only chosen for one month (the assembly): they ruled and were ruled in turn, archaeologists have found greek ballot boxes.
