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Pre-Socratics.

Earlier Greek philosophers, collectively known as the pre-Socratics, had introduced a revolution of their own in human thought in the 5th and 6th centuries bce. They rejected supernatural explanations for the world, the explanatory power of mythology, and the

Arabia before Islam.

From the first millennium bce there were sophisticated kingdoms in southern Arabia, which derived their wealth from the spice trade. In the early days, there were a few scattered towns such as Medina and Mecca, which were dependent on local trade in wool and

The fall of democracy

During the Peloponnesian War (431–404 bce), in which Athens was ultimately defeated by the Spartans, Athenian democracy was twice suspended, in 411 and 404 bce. Athenian oligarchs claimed that Athens’ weak position was due to democracy and led a