POL 2107 Chapter Notes -Haemon, Tyrant, Sophocles
6 Dec 2013
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Sept. 12, 2013: bronze age (3,000 1,100 b. c. ) Trojan war: 1194 1184 b. c: dark ages (1100 750 b. c. ) Loss of literacy, architecture, commercial exchange, decrease in population: archaic period (750 480 b. c. ) Creation of the greek city-state (polis) seeds of the miracle . Revival of the greek heroes of the bronze age(homer - cultural renaissance) Speed of greek colonization increased because of over population, political unrest, or due to economic factors (needed more land and slaves). Greek men owned up to a hundred slaves and they were given the most demeaning tasks. The age of revolutions and political reforms ( true greek democracy: classical period (480 326 b. c. ) Antigone (440 b. c. : situating the greek miracle , within a short period of time (5th century b. c. ), western philosophy was born, theatre, literature, and the greatest political system was created and never again put in place true democracy (only the rich elite men could vote)
