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.

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

7. 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.

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

10. 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.

11. PERICLES

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

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

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

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

21. 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”

24. School of Athens

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

26. Alexander and Aristotle

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

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