PSCI 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Italian Unification, Crimean War, Byzantine Empire
13 Dec 2016
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Week 2 &3 lecture 2 (after intro) sept. 19 & 26. 2016. Psci 1200 a history of war & peace: ancient times to 1914. View course in ares for articles before discussion! Rise and fall of civilization to 1000 a. d. Civilization: situation people stayed in same area in long period of time: led to warfare 4000 bc. Period of warring states: sun tzu. World politics = international relations: period china in constant warfare. Warfare done through deception: han dynasty. Great wall of china built to keep out invaders. Middle east & south asia: civilization in medetarian dominated by greeks, pushed into modern day iran = created clashes & greece broke into cities. Thucydides was a general like suh tzu: cause of war growth of power in athens created fear for spartans. Spoke origins of war change of power between states: melian dialogue, island wanted to stay neutral, athens said no, discussion between athens & melians, athens over ran them.
