Competition, Tyranny, and the Birth of Ancient Greece
Tides of History
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The History of Archaic Greece
For the archaic Greeks, everything was a competition. Competition took place at every level of society from individuals to families and entire city-states. That ethos doesn't explain everything about why the Greeks were so incredibly successful in building their world but it does explain a great deal about how and why they did the things they did.
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