5HD382 Chapters on Economic History:
Principles and Practice in Classical World’s Economy
Evropský sociální fond
Praha & EU: Investujeme do vaší budoucnosti
Garant
doc. PhDr. František Stelllner, Ph.D.
Vyučující
Dr. PhDr. Athanasios Sideris, Ph.D.
Course Aim
The course presents the main characteristics of the economy of ancient Greece, in its social,
cultural and spatiotemporal context. It is primarily an economic subject, which however can
be understood only within the particularities of the given society, with its statutes, institutions
and customs. The enormous progress of studies on the economic history of Antiquity during
the last decades allows us to follow, and see through a modern eye, such issues as the
production and accumulation, the consumption and circulation of goods and wealth, in close
connection to the socio-political development of the Greek city-states, towards the Hellenistic
kingdoms and the Roman Empire. The course insists on the birth-moment of several
economic categories, definitions and approaches, which exercised capital influence on the
evolution of the economic thinking and the economy itself in the following centuries. Such
issues include the relations between the public and the private economic spheres, the
invention of the money, banking and loans, and the first attempts towards a globalization.
Course Prerequisites
Only a very generic historical knowledge of Antiquity is expected. No need for detailed
knowledge of political history of ancient Greece. Participants will have the opportunity to
familiarize themselves with the basic contextual information during the introductory lecture
and seminar. Participants however are expected to be familiar with basic economic terms and
procedures.
Course Content
Lectures
1. Geography, Ecology and Demography of the Classical World
2. Household – Oikos and Technology
3. City legislation and economic institutions
4. Invention of coinage and monetarization of the ancient economy
5. Agriculture
6. Trade
7. Banking in Athens
8. The Spartan Egalitarianism
9. Ancient Greek Slavery
10. Globalization of ancient economy through modern eyes
Seminars
1. Literary and archaeological sources for the economy – Weights and measures
2. The issues of gender and knowledge in the property management
3. The economic space: private, public and sacred
4. Federal mints and international currency
5. The olive cultivation and the fishing
6. Price fluctuations and luxury items
7. Maritime loans
8. Restrictions at wealth display – Religious investment
9. Industrial production and mining
10. Growth, stagnation and standards of living
Literatura
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978-2-200-35358-2.
SCHEIDEL W., MORRIS I. M. and SALLER R. P. (eds.), The Cambridge Economic History
of the Greco-Roman World, Cambridge, 2007 – ISBN 978-0-521-78053-7.
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Cologne, 2006- ISBN 9783412257057.
SCHEIDEL W. and VON REDEN S. (eds.), The Ancient Economy, Edinburg, 2002 - ISBN
0-7486-1322-6.
DAVIES J. K., « Society and Economy », in LEWIS D. M., BOARDMAN J. and
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Evropský sociální fond – Praha & EU: Investujeme do vaší budoucnosti
Tento předmět vznikl za podpory projektu "Inovace studijního programu Ekonomie a
hospodářská správa s akcentem na internacionalizaci výuky, individuální práci se studenty a
praxi" (CZ.2.17/3.1.00/33332).