Hi again, dudes & dudettes! Time for our new installment of the monthly topic. The one you guys
chose last time was...
Ancient and Medieval Politics
Time for our history experts to step up, methinks!
So here are some details on the subject which you may or may not like to use as guidelines of some sorts...
- The birth of political society: conditions for development, and main civilisations.
- The principles of ancient Greek democracy and their application today.
- Political institutions of ancient Rome and their counterparts in modernity.
- World history of ancient political thought. Notable thinkers and schools of thought.
- Forms of government in antiquity and the Middle Ages: from pluralism to feudalism to absolute monarchy.
- Nationalism, and the birth of the nation state.
- The Industrial Revolution: prerequisites, main characteristics, effects on policy.
- Guns, germs and steel: the "killer apps" of the West.
- Ancient and Medieval geopolitics: from trade to wars to colonialism.
- Clashes of civilisations, religions, and political paradigms throughout history.
- Famous quotes of ancient and Medieval political thought.
- Church and the state, and the role of science and technology in politics through the ages.
- Historical revisionism: re-writing the past in pursuit of an agenda.
- Medieval remnants in the 21st century.
And here's the poll for March:
Poll Monthly topic (Feel free to suggest more topics).