The+Greek+Roots+of+Democracy

= Greek Roots of Democracy =

I. The Rise of Greek City-States II. The Persian Wars III. Athens in the Age of Pericles IV. Greek Philosophers V. Alexander and the Hellenistic Age
 * Governing the City-States
 * What is a city-state?
 * A political unit
 * Made up of cities and surrounding land.
 * How did the Greeks govern their city states?
 * What kind of changes in warfare took place during the Greek period?
 * Why was Sparta important in the history of the world?
 * Why was Athens a limited democracy?
 * Changes in Warfare
 * Sparta: A Nation of Soldiers
 * Athens: A Limited Democracy
 * Athens: A Limited Democracy
 * Political Life
 * The Funeral Oration
 * Economic and Cultural LIfe
 * The Peloponnesian War
 * Moral and Ethical Principles
 * Socrates and Citizenship
 * Plato and Reason
 * Aristotle and the Rule of Law
 * Conquest of Persia
 * The Legacy of Alexander