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23. Twilight of the Polis
23. Twilight of the Polis
Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205) In this lecture, Professor Kagan describes the growth of a new power: Thebes. Under the leadership of Epaminondas and Pelopidas, Thebes grows into a major power among the Greek cities. In fact, the Thebans even rout the Spartans in a standard hoplite battle in the battle of Leuctra. Finally, Professor Kagan points out that by the time of Theban hegemony, the Greek world had experienced so many wars and conflicts that it opened the door to a powerful leader: Philip of Macedon. 00:00 - Chapter 1. The Rise of Theban Hegemony 14:42 - Chapter 2. The 375 Peace Proposal 21:29 - Chapter 3. Fighting Resumes; The Sacred Band of Thebes and the Battle of Leuctra 39:18 - Chapter 4. The End of Spartan Supremacy and Thebes' Growth 50:01 - Chapter 5. The Great Invasion Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: open.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2007.
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12. The Persian Wars
12. The Persian Wars
Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205) In this lecture, Professor Kagan examines in detail the development, growing pains, and emergence of Athenian democracy. He argues that the tyranny under the Peisistratids led to the development of the idea of self-government among the Athenians, which Cleisthenes used to develop Athens in a more democratic direction. One of the ways Cleisthenes was able to accomplish this was to diminish the power of the aristocracy by reordering and restructuring the tribes and giving greater power to the assembly. Finally, Professor Kagan says a word on the Athenian practice of ostracism as a political tool to protect a fledgling democracy. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Consequences of Tyranny to Greek Life 12:31 - Chapter 2. Cleisthenes's Coup d'État 23:20 - Chapter 3. Establishing a New Constitution 38:52 - Chapter 4. Key Democratic Elements 01:04:00 - Chapter 5. Ostracism as a Constitutional Device Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: open.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2007.
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17. The Peloponnesian War, Part I
17. The Peloponnesian War, Part I
Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205) In this lecture, Professor Kagan describes the events that lead up the Peloponnesian War. He argues that the rise of Athenian power and the concomitant challenge to Spartan dominance pointed to potential conflict. However, Professor Kagan also points out that there were many people who did not want war and that therefore war was not inevitable. The Thirty Years Peace was negotiated, and Professor Kagan finally argues that its clause for arbitration was the key clause that could have prevented war. 00:00 - Chapter 1. The Importance of the Peloponnesian War and Its Continuing Value 09:25 - Chapter 2. The Origins of the War 23:37 - Chapter 3. Athens Faces a Critical Decision 30:31 - Chapter 4. Multiple Battles 45:16 - Chapter 5. Reversal of Fortune 56:17 - Chapter 6. The Four Months Truce and Subsequent Thirty Years Peace Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: open.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2007.
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10. The Rise of Athens
10. The Rise of Athens
Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205) In this lecture, Professor Kagan finishes up his description of the Spartan constitution. He argues that Sparta had a mixed constitution and gained great power due to alliances that the Spartans made with their neighbors. After the discussion of Sparta, Professor Kagan examines Athens and the development of the Athenian constitution. In addition, he shows how different these two poleis were. Finally, Professor Kagan discusses the emergence of the hoplite class in Athens and the failure of Cylon to make himself tyrant of Athens. 00:00 - Chapter 1. The Spartan Assembly 10:53 - Chapter 2. The Spartan Alliance 26:32 - Chapter 3. Motivations for Sparta's Foreign Policy 34:38 - Chapter 4. The Rise of Athens 46:09 - Chapter 5. Early Athenian Society 01:07:34 - Chapter 6. Cylon's Failed Coup d'État Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: open.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2007.
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Athens vs Sparta, Sokratis and ancient Greece part 1 HQ
Athens vs Sparta, Sokratis and ancient Greece part 1 HQ
Ελληνικοί υπότιτλοι ancient civilization ATHENS and Sparta were both Greek cities and their people spoke a common language. In every other respect they were different. Athens rose high from the plain. It was a city exposed to the fresh breezes from the sea, willing to look at the world with the eyes of a happy child. Sparta, on the other hand, was built at the bottom of a deep valley, and used the surrounding mountains as a barrier against foreign thought. Athens was a city of busy trade. Sparta was an armed camp where people were soldiers for the sake of being soldiers. The people of Athens loved to sit in the sun and discuss poetry or listen to the wise words of a philosopher. The Spartans, on the other hand, never wrote a single line that was considered literature, but they knew how to fight, they liked to fight, and they sacrificed all human emotions to their ideal of military preparedness.
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How To Unlock All Factions In Rome Total War!
How To Unlock All Factions In Rome Total War!
Get thousands of views on YouTube! Click this link: www.TubeToolbox.com I show you how to unlock all playable and non playable factions in rome total war
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Age of empires online beta build 5096, some capital cities : Part 1
Age of empires online beta build 5096, some capital cities : Part 1
Aoe online beta build 5096. The four parts are showing the egyptian and greek cities of PhatFishNL, N1ttyGritty and me. Just before a reset. Sorry for the little laggs or freezes. Check the other parts. You can see in this part a list of all the quests I had and some beta map graphics ! My greek city was one of the must bugged capital of the beta, it features 3 ports (instead of one normally), 3 palaces (instead of one normally + one of them is an egyptian palace), an egyptian quest giver, some decorations and a learicorn statue ! (pretty rare item) These bugs were quicly fixed and the reset erased my poor bugged city ...
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Christopher Hitchens: Reading List
Christopher Hitchens: Reading List
socraticmama.com [Inspiration & Support for Secular Families] whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com Hitchens' list of books and authors: Dawkins' Magic of Reality, Greek & Roman myths, particularly those compiled by Robert Graves, anything satirical, all of Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, Ayaan Hirsi Ali [author of Infidel & Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations], PG Wodehouse ("for fun"), David Hume & Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
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Troy may have been Atlantis
Troy may have been Atlantis
Troy (Greek: Τροία, Troia, Turkish: "Truva", also Ἴλιον, Ilion; Latin: Trōia, Īlium; Hittite: Wilusa or Truwisa) was a city, both factual and legendary, located in what is now northwest Turkey. It is best known for being the focus of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. Trojan refers to the inhabitants and culture of Troy. Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey seems to show that the name Ἴλιον formerly began with a digamma (Ϝίλιον): this was later proved by the Hittite form Wilusa. Today it is the name of an archaeological site, the traditional location of Homeric Troy, Turkish Truva, in Hisarlık, Anatolia, close to the seacoast in what is now Çanakkale province in northwest Turkey, southwest of the Dardanelles under Mount Ida. A new city of Ilium was founded on the site in the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus. It flourished until the establishment of Constantinople and declined gradually during the Byzantine era. In 1865 an English archaeologist, Frank Calvert, excavated trial trenches in a field he had bought from a local farmer at Hisarlık, near Truva and in 1868 a wealthy German businessman, Heinrich Schliemann, after a chance meeting between the two men in Çanakkale town, also began excavating in this area.Later excavations revealed several cities built in succession to each other. One of the earlier cities (Troy VII) is generally identified with Homeric Troy. While <b>...</b>
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Abydos - King Seti I Temple and Osirion - EGYPT - Jan. 12th, 2009
Abydos - King Seti I Temple and Osirion - EGYPT - Jan. 12th, 2009
Abydos (Egyptian Abdju, 3bdw, Arabic: أبيدوس, Greek: Άβυδος), one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, is about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of the Nile at latitude 26° 10' N. The Egyptian name of both the eighth Nome of Upper Egypt and its capital city was Abdju, technically, 3bdw, as in the hieroglyphs shown to the right, the hill of the symbol or reliquary, in which the sacred head of Osiris was preserved. The Greeks named it Abydos, after their city on the Hellespont; the modern Arabic name is el-'Araba el Madfuna (Arabic: العربة المدفونة al-ʿarabah al-madfunah). Considered one of the most important archaeological sites of Ancient Egypt (near the town of al-Balyana), the sacred city of Abydos was the site of many ancient temples, including a Umm el-Qa'ab, a royal necropolis where early pharaohs were entombed. These tombs began to be seen as extremely significant burials and in later times it became desirable to be buried in the area, leading to the growth of the town's importance as a cult site. Today, Abydos is notable for the memorial temple of Seti I, which contains an inscription from the nineteenth dynasty known to the modern world as the Abydos King List. It is a chronological list showing cartouches of most dynastic pharaohs of Egypt from Menes until Ramesses I, Seti's father. The Great Temple and most of the ancient town are buried under the modern buildings to the north of the Seti temple.[3] Many of the original structures and the artifacts within <b>...</b>
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★THE FIVE GREATEST CIVILIZATIONS★ASSYRIA-CHINA-EGYPT-GREECE-ROME
★THE FIVE GREATEST CIVILIZATIONS★ASSYRIA-CHINA-EGYPT-GREECE-ROME
******╔═╦╗╔╦╗╔═╦═╦╦╦╦╗╔═╗***** ******║╚╣║║║╚╣╚╣╔╣╔╣║╚╣═╣***** ******╠╗║╚╝║║╠╗║╚╣║║║║║═╣***** ******╚═╩══╩═╩═╩═╩╝╚╩═╩═╝***** The FIVE Greatest Ancient Civilizations of the World. Including Assyria, China, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. ★★★★★COMMENT FOR YOUR FAVORITE★★★★★ Songs: ★Assyria=Janan Sawa "Dalaleh" ★China= Wong Fei Hong "Chinese Techno" ★Egypt= Rouby "Enta Aref Leih" ★Greece=Despina Vandi "Apa Apa" ★Rome=Nek "La Vita E" ★The ancient Assyrians were the first to organize cities using a postal system, invent the chariot, invent armor, build the Hanging Gardens, invent the arch, have established laws, and contributed to science+math. The ziggurat was also first built in this region, the predecessor of the skyscraper, and buildings. ★The Modern Assyrians were the first to establish a University. Also, the modern Assyrians were the first people to accept Christianity and today speak the language Jesus Christ spoke [Aramaic/Assyrian]. The Assyrians aided Saint Thomas to introduce Christianity to the Far East where Christianity still exists. ★The Ancient Chinese invented such essentials as gunpowder, paper, paper making, the compass, as well as introduce the concept of negative numbers. The Great Wall of China also stands as a symbol of China's past. ★The Modern Chinese held the 2008 Summer Olympics, spending an unprecedented amount of time and money to showcase China's beautiful <b>...</b>
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Hollywood, don't Mess with Persian history! Part 1
Hollywood, don't Mess with Persian history! Part 1
A list of facts why Persians were high civillized people. This clip is an answer to the Hollywood movie 300 which showed us as monsters. Persian campaign started when Greeks attacked and burned border cities like Sard which were under protection of Persian Achaemenid Empire . By the way a few years after this war Persia and Sparta were the biggest ally in war against Greek Athen! Don't forget that! Once again, I respect Greeks and their history a lot. Greeks are very nice and fair people, just like Persians are. "In film ro be hamvatanan va kharejiha neshoon bedid va nazare khodetoon ro bedid (va behesh emtiyaz bedid) ta dar youtube biyad balaye bala!"
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Part 2 -Hollywood, don't Mess with Persian history!
Part 2 -Hollywood, don't Mess with Persian history!
A list of facts why Persians were high civillized people. This clip is an answer to the Hollywood movie 300 which showed us as monsters. Persian campaign started when Greeks attacked and burned border cities like Sard which were under protection of Persian Achaemenid Empire . By the way a few years after this war Persia and Sparta were the biggest ally in war against Greek Athen! Don't forget that! Once again, I respect Greeks and their history a lot. Greeks are very nice and fair people, just like Persians are. "In film ro be hamvatanan va kharejiha neshoon bedid va nazare khodetoon ro bedid (va behesh emtiyaz bedid) ta dar youtube biyad balaye bala!"
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7. The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny (cont.)
7. The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny (cont.)
Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205) In this lecture, Professor Donald Kagan explores the rise of Greek colonies. He argues that the rise of new colonies was primarily due to the need for new farmland, although he acknowledges several other important reasons. He also shows where the Greeks colonized and explains that the process of founding a new colony probably took place within the dynamics of a polis. Finally, he offers a few important outcomes of this colonizing impulse. 00:00 - Chapter 1. The Rise of the Greek Colony 12:01 - Chapter 2. How Greek Colonies (or Apoikiai) Worked 37:55 - Chapter 3. Mapping the Colonies 57:27 - Chapter 4. Consequences of Colonization to Greek Life Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: open.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2007.
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Ancient Mesopotamia (clip)
Ancient Mesopotamia (clip)
The contributions of the Sumerians, Semites, Babylonians and Assyrians are depicted against authentic locales, including the cities of Babylon, Ur and Nineveh. A Coronet release. 9 minutes, color. direct link to purchase video: www.phoenixlearninggroup.com
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Family Trip to Aleppo, Syria
Family Trip to Aleppo, Syria
Six Syrian sites -- Damascus, Aleppo, Palmyra, Bosra, the Krak des Chevaliers, Saladin's Castle, and the ancient villages of northern Syria -- are inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list and many more are on the agency's tentative list. During our first visit to Syria as a family, we took this bus trip from Damascus to Aleppo on a very hot day back in July of 2008. In a strange way, Aleppo felt like home despite the appearance of chaos in the center of the city, the intense heat and a few other minor inconveniences. Aleppo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world; it has been inhabited since the beginning of time. This very ancient city has managed to remain intact despite all the upheavals, the wars and the devastationg earthquakes that befell this great town. Few cities can match the glory of Aleppo and its 6000 year old history. Its great citadel is said by to be of very high mystical value (Ie, a central Spiritual hub, a hangout for saints, an astrological gateway to other planets and galaxies and a major portal or a wormhole used by (Ahlul Khatwa) or (Jumpers) who are depicted in common Sufi lore as being capable of instantaneously teleporting themselves to anywhere on earth or onto other planets. Aleppo has its outwardly wlid night life, cozy bars and exclusive night clubs. But, at it's core, Aleppo has an inescapable feeling of mystical grandeur and a sense of holiness that permiates its atmosphere. The patriarch Abraham spent part of his <b>...</b>
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The Hitch List
The Hitch List
I attended the 2011 Texas Freethought Convention in Houston this weekend, and while I was not able to spend as much time gathering viewpoints as I might have liked, I did attend the awards banquet in which noted writer and activist Christopher Hitchens was awarded the Richard Dawkins Award for outstanding contributions to freethought. Whatever you may think of the views and positions of these two men, they are both unquestionably among the most erudite and gifted writers of our age, and it was a privilege to see them both speak. More than that, it was a wonderful illustration of the civility and compassion to which humanity aspires, and so seldom attains. Mr. Hitchens, who has not been able to make a public appearance for some time due to his on-going cancer treatment, was most eloquent and giving in his willingness to entertain questions even in his obviously and admittedly weakened state. At one point, a little girl asked him what authors he would suggest for her education, and he told her that he would be happy to meet with her mother and write down some recommendations. I was planning to sneak out and get home to the babysitter, but when I left the hall I found Mr. Hitchens sitting down with the little girl and her mother. He sat and talked to them for about ten minutes. It was very sweet. After he left for his car, I asked the mother if she would send me the list, which she very graciously agreed to do, and so here it is, from his notes and their conversation: The <b>...</b>
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Who was Isis? The Aretalogy of Aset (Isis)
Who was Isis? The Aretalogy of Aset (Isis)
An aretalogy is a kind of list, stating a deity´s virtues. There are several of these for Aset. An early form of aretalogy were probably short statements made by the deities as early as the Coffin Texts. In Spell 148 Aset says about herself: I am Aset, one more spiritlike and august than the gods. Whether the Aretalogy given below is Egyptian or Greek in origin is not totally clear. In the text are evidences for both. This one is older than the hymns on Philae temple walls, but it dates from the Ptolemeian period and is one of the few which has come down to us in complete form: I am Isis, ruler of every land I was taught by Hermes (Thoth) and with Hermes devised letters, both hieroglyphic and demotic, that all might not be written with the same. I gave laws to mankind and ordained what no one can change I am the eldest daughter of Kronos I am the wife and sister of King Osiris I am the one who discovered wheat for mankind I am the mother of King Horus I am the one who rises in the Dog-star I am the one called Goddess by women For me was built the city of Bubastis I separated the earth from the Heaven I showed the paths of the stars I regulated the course of the sun and the moon I devised the activities of seamanship I made what is right strong I brought together woman and man I assigned to women to bring into light of day their infants in the tenth month I ordained that parents should be loved by children I imposed punishment upon those unkindly disposed towards their <b>...</b>
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Siracusa in Sicily
Siracusa in Sicily
Siracusa in Sensational Sicily www.SensationalSicily.com is presented by Alessandro Sorbello http showcase one of the most beautiful regions on earth, rich in history, Sicily formed part of the cradle of civilization. This project is born from a collaboration between the Region of Sicily www.regione.sicilia.it The Italian Chamber of Commerce, New Realm Media www.newrealm.com.au and Alessandro Sorbello Productions. Syracuse, Sicily, Comune di Siracusa, Municipal coat of arms, Country Italy, Region Sicily, Province Siracusa (SR), Mayor Giambattista Bufardeci (from June 14, 2004), Elevation 17 m, Area 204 km², Population - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 123322, - Density 593 Frazioni Belvedere, Cassibile, Fontane Bianche, Isola, Santa Teresa Longarini Scalo, Targia, Patron Saint Lucy, - Day December 13 Location of Syracuse in Italy, Website: www.comune.siracusa.it UNESCO World Heritage Site Syracuse (Italian Siracusa, Sicilian Sarausa, Greek Συρακοῦσαι, Latin Syracusae) is an Italian city on the eastern coast of Sicily and the capital of the province of Syracuse. Once described by Cicero as "the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them all," the ancient center of Syracuse is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Sicily · Comuni of the Province of Syracuse Augusta | Avola | Buccheri | Buscemi | Canicattini Bagni | Carlentini | Cassaro | Ferla | Floridia | Francofonte | Lentini | Melilli | Noto | Pachino | Palazzolo Acreide | Portopalo di Capo Passero | Priolo Gargallo <b>...</b>
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A protest rally in front of the Greek Embassy in Bruxelles
A protest rally in front of the Greek Embassy in Bruxelles
solidarity-greece.blogspot.com Solidarity rally and information session about the struggle of the Greek people - Tuesday 5th July, 12.30 in front of the Greek Embassy, Rue des Petits Carmes 6, Bruxelles 1000 -- Protest rally: we don't want any more loans! Stop payments to the banks[1] in order to ensure the survival of the people! - Friday 8th July, 18.00 Espace Marx, rue Rouppe 4, Bruxelles 1000: Information session on the Greek movement and projection of video and photographic evidence of illegal activities for the part of the police and the agents provocateurs for the repression of the demonstrators 'Belgium makes money at the expense of the poor Greeks'. This was the headline of 'De Standaard' on 23rd June 2011. As was stated by Minister Didier Reynders' office, in 2011 Belgium earned 75-million Euro interests from the Greek bail out loan. Such is the notorious 'European solidarity', while the vast majority of the Greek people see their income fall by 10 to 30%. However, this money, pocketed by the Belgian state, will not stop social decline in Belgium: the recommendations of the European Commission for 2012 provide for the abolition of salary indexation and of early retirement. It's against such striking social injustices with pan-European dimensions that the Greek people struggle, and propose alternatives, such as ceasing the payments to the bankers and the nationalising the banks. During the 48-hour general strike on 28th and 29th June, the new movement of the <b>...</b>
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Visit Greece: Five Things You Will Love & Hate about Visiting Greece
Visit Greece: Five Things You Will Love & Hate about Visiting Greece
www.woltersworld.com Greece is amazing, but like all places there are things you will love and you will not love, so here is our list of five things you will love and hate about visiting Greece. Hates 1. the strikes 2. driving in greece on the little roads and with the crazy drivers 3. Lack of public transport outside the big cities 4. shops closing in the afternoon 5. having to drink non-Greek beer Loves 1. The food 2. The crazy Greeks! 3. Island hopping 4. visiting the villages and seeing the "real" Greece 5. The history and ruins around the country. Filmed in Agnoia Greece (outside of Sparta)
