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Greek History

Course Description

 

History of Ancient Greece

Dr. Fadia Abou Bakr

Objective:

It is necessary for the student to study  a variety of subjects, covering the Archaic all the way to the Classical era:

 

Week

Subject

1
  • Introduction: Greece and the Aegean

2
  • The beginning of Greece and the heroic age

3
  • The expansion of Greece

4
  • The beginning of Greece and the heroic age
  • Growth of Sparta

5
  • The union of Attica and the foundation of the Athenian

6
  • Democracy
  • Growth of Athens

7
  • Mid-term Exam

8
  • The perils of Greece
  •  The Persian and Punic invasion

9
  • The foundation of the Athenian empire

10
  • The Athenian empire under the guidance of Pericles

11
  • The Great Peloponnesian war (431 to 421 B.C.) – (420 to 404 B.C.)
  • The decline and downfall of the Athenian empire
     

12
  • The Spartan supremacy and the Persian war

  • The revival of Athens and her second league

13
  • The hegemony of Thebes

14
  • Greece in the 4th C. & the Rise of Macedon

15
  • Final Exam

 

Selected Bibliography

·        Finley, M. I., Economy and Society in Ancient Greece, (1983)

·        Freeman Ch. The Greek Achievement (1999).

·        Garland, R., The Greek Way of Life (1990).

·        Glotz, G. Ancient Greece at Work (1996).

·        Mosse, Claude, Athens in Decline 404-86 B.C. (1973).

·        Powell, A. , The Greek World (1995).

·        Sansone, D. Ancient Greek Civilization (2003).