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Sources of the Democratic Tradition

Sources of the Democratic Tradition. Section 1: The Greek Roots of Democracy. Ancient Greece. The Rise of Greek City-States. Mountains and sea separate Greek city-states, which remained fiercely independent. Colonies all around the Mediterranean by 750 B.C. The city-state, or polis,.

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Sources of the Democratic Tradition

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  1. Sources of the Democratic Tradition Section 1: The Greek Roots of Democracy

  2. Ancient Greece

  3. The Rise of Greek City-States • Mountains and sea separate Greek city-states, which remained fiercely independent. • Colonies all around the Mediterranean by 750 B.C.

  4. The city-state, or polis, • Acropolis for temples • Lower walled city • Different forms of government evolved

  5. The Persian Wars • Darius I sent forces to crush Athens. • Athenians won a battle near Marathon • Later joined forces with other city-states to defeat Persia.

  6. Athenian Democracy • Democracy evolved gradually • Solon • Cleisthenes • Pericles • Women and slaves not equal

  7. Athens in the Age of Pericles • “Golden age” under the leadership of Pericles. • Direct democracy: every citizen votes directly • Individual achievement, dignity, and worth are of great importance.

  8. PERICLES

  9. The Peloponnesian War • Athenian empire • Athens v Sparta • Sparta= military state • Ended Athens’ domination of Greece.

  10. The Greek Philosophers • Universal truths • Better government and proper ethics. • Among the most influential philosophers were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.

  11. Socrates:“The unexamined life is not worth living”. Used the Socratic method of questioning

  12. Plato wrote The Republic and believed in government by the wisest philosopher kings

  13. Aristotle • Examined nature of world and human belief, thought, and knowledge • From Politics-” Man is by nature a political animal: it is in his nature to live in a state”

  14. School of Athens

  15. THE SPREAD OF GREEK CULTURE • Alexander the Great was Aristotle's student • Alexander conquered the known world

  16. Alexander and Aristotle

  17. Alexander and the Hellenistic Age • Macedonian ruler Philip II’ s son, Alexander the Great, created an enormous empire that stretched into Persia and Egypt.

  18. Alexander’s conquests • Spread Greek culture • Mixing of cultures created new Hellenistic civilization that blended Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures..

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