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Athens - A History of the World's First Democracy (Paperback)
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Athens - A History of the World's First Democracy (Paperback)
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Loot Price R429
Discovery Miles 4 290
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A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in
Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later The
first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500
years ago, has served as the foundation for every democratic system
of government instituted down the centuries. In this lively
history, author Thomas N. Mitchell tells the full and remarkable
story of how a radical new political order was born out of the
revolutionary movements that swept through the Greek world in the
seventh and sixth centuries B.C., how it took firm hold and evolved
over the next two hundred years, and how it was eventually undone
by the invading Macedonian conquerors, a superior military power.
Mitchell's superb history addresses the most crucial issues
surrounding this first paradigm of democratic governance, including
what initially inspired the political beliefs underpinning it, the
ways the system succeeded and failed, how it enabled both an empire
and a cultural revolution that transformed the world of arts and
philosophy, and the nature of the Achilles heel that hastened the
demise of Athenian democracy.
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