POL200Y5- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 82 pages long!)
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Lecture outline: ancient greek history: introduction, the ancient greeks. The archaic period (800 500 bc: transition from dark age greece to the archaic period, trading and colonizing in the archaic period, social upheaval and stasis in the archaic period. The greek poleis (general considerations: common features, sparta, athens. The classical age (500 330 bc: war between greeks and persians (490, 480, 479, aftermath of the persian wars, the peloponnesian war (431 404) Athens), territory, market place, temple: 200 of them, we know the most about sparta and athens, agoge gang sparta upbringing of citizens rely on training of their citizens . Infients inspected at birth healthy given back sick but on mountains: age 7 boys in military brotherhoods for entire life, 7-18 military training loyalty powerful bond, sparta spartin (cid:862)si(cid:373)ple(cid:863) Pol200 lecture 2 ancient greek history. Plato had a conservative mindset: athens was unique as well for particular reasons, athens struggled with many problems populations.
