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Ancient Greece: Part 1, Archaic Greece, Sparta and Athens

Jul 14, 2023 · 18m 59s
Ancient Greece: Part 1, Archaic Greece, Sparta and Athens
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During the Archaic period that began the Greek renaissance, the city-state, or polis, developed its defining characteristic—self-government. Sparta was an oligarchy whose elite class of soldier-citizens alone participated in government,...

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During the Archaic period that began the Greek renaissance, the city-state, or polis, developed its defining characteristic—self-government. Sparta was an oligarchy whose elite class of soldier-citizens alone participated in government, while Athens developed a democracy in which all adult male citizens participated. During this period, well-known features of Greek culture emerged such as the Greek script, the epic poems of Homer, and the Olympic Games.

All images referenced in this podcast can be found at https://openstax.org/books/world-history-volume-1/pages/6-2-ancient-greece Welcome to A Journey into Human History.

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Podcast produced by Miranda Casturo as a creative common sense production.
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