History Summarized: Athens (Accidentally) Invents Democracy
"TOP FIVE Athenian Tyrants – #2 will surprise you and #3 will get murdered in a polycule-gone-wrong!" -Herodotus if he had a blog. SOURCES & Further Reading: “Revolution” & Tyranny” & “The Origins of Democracy” from “Ancient Greek Civilization" by Jeremy McInerney “Athens: City of Wisdom” by Bruce Clark, 2022 “The Greeks: A Global History” by Roderick Beaton, 2021 “The Greeks: An Illustrated History” by Diane Cline, 2016 I also have a university degree in Classical Civilization. Music: "The Sacred Land of Artemis" "The Hills of Attika" & "Naxos Island" from Assassin's Creed Odyssey OST by The Flight "Sneaky Snitch" by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: / osp PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transi... DISCORD: / discord MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProduction... Find us on Twitter / ospyoutube Find us on Reddit / osp Want this video in another language? Check out our guide to contributing translated captions: https://www.overlysarcasticproduction...

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