16 The Hittites
34 Greek Dark Ages
35 Archaic Greece
36 The Rise of Classical Greece
37 Sparta
39 The Persian Wars
41 Athens
43 Classical Greek Philosophy
45 Classical Greek Theater
48 Introduction to the Peloponnesian War
50 The Rise of the Macedon
51 Alexander the Great
55 Etruscan Artifacts
56 Etruscan Religion
57 The Founding of Rome
60 The Establishment of the Roman Republic
63 Art and Literature in the Roman Republic
65 Crises of the Republic
66 Naming of the Byzantine Empire
67 The Eastern Roman Empire, Constantine the Great, and Byzantium
68 Justinian and Theodora
69 The Justinian Code
70 Emperor Heracluis
71 The Theme System
72 The Isaurian Dynasty
76 The Great Schism of 1054
78 The Double Disasters
79 Crisis and Fragmentation
80 The Last Byzantine Dynasty
81 The Fall of Constantinople
82 Byzantium’s Legacy
84 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
85 Diocletian and the Tetrarchy
86 The Rise of Christianity
87 The Shift East
88 Crises of the Roman Empire
90 The Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
91 Fall of the Flavian Emperors
94 Military Achievements of the Flavians
97 The Julio-Claudian Emperors
99 Founding of the Roman Empire
103 Odoacer and the Fall of Rome
105 The Vikings
107 The Development of Papal Supremacy
109 The Western Schism
111 The Rise of Charlemagne
112 Charlemagne’s Reforms
113 Charles Martel and Pepin the Short
114 The End of the Carolingians
116 Administration of the Empire
117 The Investiture Controversy
118 The Anglo-Saxons
125 The Second Crusade
126 The Third Crusade
127 The Fourth Crusade
129 The Manor System
130 Trade and Commerce
131 Daily Medieval Life
132 Intellectual Life
133 Arts and Sciences
145 Italian Trade Cities
146 Italian Politics
147 The Church During the Italian Renaissance
148 Petrarch
150 Education and Humanism
152 Art and Patronage
156 The Rise of the Vernacular
159 Machiavelli
The Protestant Reformation, often referred to simply as the Reformation, was a s
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France’s Opposition to the Holy Roman Empire
176 Introduction to Nation-States
181 The Siglo de Oro
182 Elizabeth I and English Patriotism
183 The First Stuarts and Catholicism
185 Cromwell and the Roundheads
188 The Glorious Revolution
189 France and Cardinal Richelieu
195 William of Orange and the Grand Alliance
197 Peter the Great
204 Module Overview
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159 Machiavelli
159 Machiavelli
Learning Objective
- Analyze Machiavelli’s impact during his own lifetime and in the modern day
Key Points
- Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, Humanist, and writer, often called the founder of modern political science.
- His writings were innovative because of his emphasis on practical and pragmatic strategies over philosophical ideals, exemplified by such phrases as “He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation.”
- His most famous text, The Prince, has been profoundly influential, from the time of his life up to the present day, both on politicians and philosophers.
- The Prince describes strategies to be an effective statesman and infamously includes justifications for treachery and violence to retain power.