POLS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Oligarchy

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1000
• Professor: Martin Breaugh

Document Summary

Pols1000 lecture 5: slavery was everywhere in the ancient world, but democracy was only in athens, athenian democratic experience will come to a brutal end, macedonia puts an end to. King philip ii, led this, his son was alexander the great: aristotle was alexander the greats teacher, athens will turn into a flourishing city in cultural terms. Greek culture will remain paramount within roman civilization: with the destruction of democracy in athens, isonomy will disappear, humanity will have to wait until the renaissance for isonomy to reappear. Democracy in the renaissance - remembrance of things passed: the renaissance represents a pivotal turning point. Define the main elements of the western mind. Italy was the biggest hub of transformation for the renaissance. Designates the cultural renewal that paves the way for scientific, economic and philosophical changes in europe: economic renewal - the opening of trade groups, the rise of the merchant class.