Democracy and Imperialism Discussion Forum 2013-4 Questions and Goals for the Democracy and Imperialism Course

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1. A guest user

   #41 10:01, Thu 10 Oct 2013

   My question for the year is: to what extent was Athenian democracy characterised by ritualisation?
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2. Thomas Kane

   #42 10:17, Thu 10 Oct 2013

   I would like to explore in greater detail the role of the tribes in democracy, in terms of their use in breaking allegiance to the old aristocratic families and subsequent issues.
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3. A guest user

   #43 11:20, Thu 10 Oct 2013

   To what extent can we view our modern democracies as coming directly from ancient Greece. Have there been so many changes and evolutions over the centuries that it makes modern and ancient democracy incomparible?
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4. Oliver Norris

   #44 12:22, Thu 10 Oct 2013

   I would like to explore whether democracy originated more from the bottom of society or it occured due to concessions from the aristocracy in a sort of 'social awakening'.
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5. Kieran O'Brien

   #45 12:24, Thu 10 Oct 2013

   I would like to know how Democracy impacted culturally upon Athens. More specifically in relation to Greek Tragedy.
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6. Charlie Sammonds

   #46 12:33, Thu 10 Oct 2013

   My question is 'Does democracy inspire imperialism and did the concept of spreading democracy influence imperialism, in a similar way to today's forceful democracies?
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7. Louise Forsyth

   #47 12:51, Thu 10 Oct 2013

   How much was Athenian democracy developed from its conception? How long did it take for it to become the democracy we think of as "athenian democracy" today?
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8. Christian Stoddart

   #48 11:40, Fri 11 Oct 2013

   Just updating the thread with my question from the lecture - to what extent was the Athenian empire made possible by the natural resources of Attica? How important were the silver mines to Athenian power? Would another city state have formed a similar empire or democracy if it had the same natural bonuses?
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