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Competition, Tyranny, and the Birth of Ancient Greece
Tides of History
The History of Tyranny in the Archaic Period
Tyranny, as an actual form of government and way of wielding power in the archaic period, can be hard for us to fully grasp. The word tyranny has taken on a vast array of negative associations over the past 2,500 or so years. But if this happened in the ancient world, not too long after the invention of tyranny itself, seek Simper terranis was already an ancient concept. It's like trying to understand the American Revolution solely on the basis of fragmentary 21st century writing.
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