CLA 2101 Lecture 1: Lect. 1 - Introduction
12 Sep 2015
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This creates a problem since we have a lack of sources and quasi-scientific gathering of information. We can trace the development of greek civilization up to the beginning of the 5th century. It focuses on the social, political and military development. We will be covering the time from the neolithic period to just before the battle of marathon (7000. A long period of time like this one creates a lot of problems. It is less likely that we can find a truthful account of the event because of myths and legends. Greece is not much older than our country seeing as it was just a city until 1863. It consisted of states with individual cultures and backgrounds. They were united by language and culture, but greece wasn"t unified. The closest it came to unity was at the time of the. Persian war and during the conquering by alexander the great. Herodotus wrote historia which was about his inquiries.
