References
Videos for further learning
Persia, The First Superpower
Ancient Greece in 18 minutes!
We grew up looking at Athens as the great center of achievement in Ancient Greece. But the military state of Sparta made possible the defeat of Persia. Sparta’s military culture promoted a cohesive social structure where its members felt part of a stronger social group.
Socrates and Plato in videos of 5 minutes each
Herodotus, The Father of History
Links for further learning
Persia, the First Superpower
The Royal Road
The Persian Postal system
The Greco-Persian Wars
Demaratus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demaratus
Queen Gorgo
Gorgo is regarded as one of the most clever and influential women in ancient history.
Alexander the Great devised the first postal censorship system
Terry Crowdy, The Enemy Within, A History of Spies, Spymasters, and Espionage https://www.amazon.com/Enemy-Within-Spymasters-Espionage-Military/dp/1846032172
Socrates’ dialogue about rhetoric and writing, in Phaedrus, is perhaps the first discussion in mankind about the limitations of communication technologies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedrus_(dialogue)
The God Thoth and the Invention of Writing
Socrates on the Forgetfulness that Comes with Writing
Plato’s Argument Against Writing
Plato’s critique of writing in The Phaedrus