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CLCV 205

Introduction to Ancient Greek History

Undergraduate · Historical course

Fall 2007

Topics

  • Introduction
  • The Dark Ages
  • The Dark Ages (cont.)
  • The Rise of the Polis
  • The Rise of the Polis (cont.)
  • The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny
  • The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny (cont.)
  • Sparta
  • Sparta (cont.)
  • The Rise of Athens
  • The Rise of Athens (cont.)
  • The Persian Wars
  • The Athenian Empire
  • The Athenian Empire (cont.)
  • Athenian Democracy
  • Athenian Democracy (cont.)
  • The Peloponnesian War, Part I
  • The Peloponnesian War, Part I (cont.)
  • The Peloponnesian War, Part II
  • The Peloponnesian War, Part II (cont.)
  • The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece
  • The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece (cont.)
  • Twilight of the Polis
  • Twilight of the Polis (cont.) and Conclusion

Readings

  • Pomeroy, Burstein, Donlan and Roberts. Ancient Greece . Oxford University Press: New York, 1999.
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  • Kagan, Donald. "Problems in Ancient History." In The Ancient Near East and Greece . 2nd ed., vol. 1. Prentice-Hall: New York, 1975.
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  • Herodotus, The Histories .
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  • Plutarch, The Rise and Fall of the Athens .
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  • Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War .
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