Ancient Greek Civilization

<p>Discover why the ancient Greeks occupy such a prominent place in Western culture and identity in this engrossing course taught by a historian and archaeologist.</p>

• By This Professor
• 01: Greece and the Western World
• 02: Minoan Crete
• 03: Schliemann and Mycenae
• 04: The Long Twilight
• 05: The Age of Heroes
• 06: From Sicily to Syria-The Growth of Trade and Colonization
• 07: Delphi and Olympia
• 08: The Spartans
• 09: Revolution
• 10: Tyranny
• 11: The Origins of Democracy
• 12: Beyond Greece-The Persian Empire
• 13: The Persian Wars
• 14: The Athenian Empire
• 15: The Art of Democracy
• 16: Sacrifice and Greek Religion
• 17: Theater and the Competition of Art
• 18: Sex and Gender
• 19: The Peloponnesian War, Part I
• 20: The Peloponnesian War, Part II
• 21: Socrates on Trial
• 22: Slavery and Freedom
• 23: Athens in Decline?
• 24: Philip, Alexander, and Greece in Transition