CLAS 25409 - Feeding Greece:Grain Production and Trade from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Period

Institution:

University of Chicago

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Description:

This course addresses aspects of grain production and consumption in ancient Greece, including the organization of the market and the food crisis that resulted from inadequate agriculture techniques and poor soil quality. From Aristotle and Demosthenes to Diodorus and Cicero, we draw heavily on literary sources. Epigraphic and papyrological texts also offer a large body of evidence. Beyond the case of grain, students develop insight on a whole set of economic-as well as political, social, and religious-behaviors in the ancient Greek world . A. Bresson. Autumn.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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