The Nature of Source and Evidence summary Inquiry includes • What? • How? • Who? • When? • Where? • Why? There are no simple answers to these questions. In many cases‚ there is a lot of debate about the answers. Historians examine traces of the past in order to answer these questions. These traces are called ‘sources’. Historiography • The study of how archaeologists and historians reconstruct the past‚ the sources they use and the way in which they use them. • Focuses on methodology
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Thucydides ’ written history of the Mytilenian Debate and the Melian Dialogue reflects the reality of a period where morality is dependent on the exercise of power and those who possess it. The main theme running through the course of these two debates is that those with the power to act as they wish inherently have the power to dictate morality. The arguments that decide the fate of the Mytilene are made not strictly on the basis of morality but on how their power allows them to exercise the moral
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of power leans towards Sparta and her allies. Sparta already feared Athens ’ growing power. Therefore‚ Sparta needed to check Athens ’ control of the region. The need to keep a balance of power is the main reason of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides attains that Sparta ’s fear of Athenian rule provided an unavoidable path to war. Athens controlled about half of the city-states; dominated much of the trade; and maintained a strong navy. Sparta kept a strong army and retained equal allies
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that his demise was a tragedy to its people. Pericles will never be forgotten. Thucydides who lived from (c. 460-c. 400 B.C) helped to contribute to our understanding of why history happened the way that it did. He applied reason to the understanding of history by coming up with a positive‚ creative way to explain history while enlightening further generations so that history would not repeat its self. Thucydides also helped to give background to the purpose of Pericles’s proposal. Pericles wanted
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drafted during the Peloponnesian War‚ Thucydides brings into question the role of power in relation to statecraft and international relations. As the Athenians continue to expand their Aegean Empire‚ they come into contact with the island of Melos‚ an isolated colony of Sparta. The Athenian generals send representatives to negotiate with the Melians rather than immediately using sheer military force to conquer them. In the resulting dialogue‚ Thucydides manages to articulate the complexity of
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traditions: The “Clouds” and the “History of Peloponnesian War” Undeniably‚ the ancient Greek society places a heavy emphasis on values and traditions. The two texts of the “Clouds” by Aristophanes and “History of the Peloponnesian war” by Thucydides‚ although contextually divergent‚ are actually conceptually convergent. Both texts are built around the central theme of the collapse of conventional values. While the breakdown of traditional values in the “History of the Peloponnesian war” is
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The Trial & Death of Socrates‚ Four Dialogues‚ by Plato | Greek Philosophy | Greek Reason/P-olytheism | Proper use of Gov’t/Emerging reason | Athens-EmpireGolden Age of Greece | 427-347 BC Democracy defeated | The World in Literature(Vol 1) Chp- Thucydides | Biography | Polytheism | Life/Funeral Speech of Pericles/ Melian
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to the questions should be at least one page but no more than two pages. You will submit the answers via SafeAssign on Blackboard in the form of a word document. I will provide further details about submission as the exam nears. 1. Plato and Thucydides are both critical of democracy. Describe each thinker’s criticism of democracy. What are the similarities and/or differences between these two lines of critique? Who in your judgment is more persuasive or convincing? Why? 2. Plato draws a distinction
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International system level – explanation rests with the anarchic characteristics of the international system or with international and regional organizations’ strengths and weaknesses Realism Product of long historical and philosophical tradition; Thucydides‚ Hobbes‚ Individuals are fearful‚ selfish‚ and power seeking; organized in states States act in unitary ways in pursuit of national interest‚ defined in terms of power Power: having resources necessary to fight and win wars (“physically coerce
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Personal Heroes In order to answer the question of how the “hero cults” enrich the religious lives of the Greeks‚ it is important to identify what a hero cult meant to the Greeks. These cults were thought to have originated with the works of Homer due to the nature of his tales portraying humans committing great acts so as to set themselves apart from the ordinary. Now even though they may have been worshiped they were not gods‚ they were said to have descended to the underworld and their rituals
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