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Democracy and Empire: Athens 632

  • AHIS303
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This unit is an examination of the social and political factors that resulted in the transformation from aristocracy (seventh and sixth centuries BCE) to direct participatory democracy at Athens (fifth century BCE). The democracy is analysed in the context of the Delian League, Athenian naval power, and the Peloponnesian War and its aftermath. -- Course Website

Instructor: Ancient history staff

Prerequisites: 39cp or (6cp in AHIS units at 200 level) 



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