Ancient Greece Declassified

52 A New Theory of Democracy's Origins (It Wasn't Greece) w/ David Stasavage

Dec 1, 2022

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Modern Democracy and the Domes Day Book

01:31

Why Did the Dutch System Lead to Modern Democracy?

01:58

What Is Your Favorite Case of Pre-Modern Democracy?

03:33

Introduction

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Ancient Greece Declassified by David's to Savage

2min

What Are the Pieces of Evidence That Convinced You That There Was More to the Story?

2min

What Is Your Favorite Case of Pre-Modern Democracy?

4min

The Wendat and the Iroquois Confederation

3min

Democracy and the Autocratic Alternative

2min

What's the Evidence of the Aztec Triple Alliances?

2min

How Did the Wendat Form a Republic?

2min

The Factors Convincing to Democracy

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Modern Democracy and the Domes Day Book

2min

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Why Did the Dutch System Lead to Modern Democracy?

2min

12.

The Secret Sauce of the British System

3min

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The Decline and Rise of Democracy

3min

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Is Ancient Greece More Like the Huron Confederacy or to Modern America?

3min

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The Eclasia of Athens - A History of Democracy

3min

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Is There a Danger in Unpacking Different Types of Early Democracy?

2min

17.

The Role of Wealth and Democracy in Democracy

3min

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Is the Wealth Factor an Important Factor?

2min

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Is the Iron Stirrup Conducive to Democracy?

2min

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Democracy - Lessons From the Study of Democracy

2min

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Is Democracy a Ship of State?

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Is There a Future of Democracy?

3min

This time we're taking a little break from Greece to explore the broader history of democracy. Was democracy really a Greek invention? Historian David Stasavage, author of The Decline and Rise of Democracy, thinks it was not. And in today's episode he explains why.

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Ancient Greece Declassified

52 A New Theory of Democracy's Origins (It Wasn't Greece) w/ David Stasavage

Modern Democracy and the Domes Day Book

Why Did the Dutch System Lead to Modern Democracy?

What Is Your Favorite Case of Pre-Modern Democracy?

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