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Nov 2018
10m 55s

Histoire de la Grèce antique (Part III)

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L'invention de la démocratie à l'aube du VIe siècle avant J.-C. Des cités déchirées, des premiers législateurs de talent, mais aussi un âge d'or de la tyrannie vers la démocratie d'Athènes. Sans oublier la figure tutélaire de Pythagore, en ce temps-là, de 600 - 550 av. J.-C. #histoire #education 
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