This unit covers the years between the Homeric epics and the end of the Persian Wars, the period which shaped the main features of the Classical Greek world. Issues of social, literary, political, military and intellectual history and historiography are explored. The unit highlights social and political developments such as the phenomenon of tyranny and the evolution of oligarchy and democracy. The unit also explores the emergence of Persia as a world power and investigates how the confrontation between Persia and the city-states of mainland Greece entrenched Sparta as the major military power of Greece and gave Athens the naval power for her future development. The unit concludes with an... -- Course Website
Instructor: Assistant Professor Lara O'Sullivan
Prerequisites: any Level 2 CLAN unit
