Democracy's Beginning: The Athenian Story
Thomas N. Mitchell
Abstract
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. This book 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. This history addresses the most crucial issues surr ... More
Keywords: democracy, ancient Greece, democratic system, Greek world, seventh century B.C., sixth century B.C., Macedonian conquerors, democratic governance, Athenian democracy
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2015 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300215038 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: May 2016 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300215038.001.0001 |
