Project Gutenberg 2020-06-10 Public domain in the USA. 400 Ure, P. N. (Percy Neville) 1879 1950 Ure, Percy Neville 22009411 The Origin of Tyranny E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing, Turgut Dincer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Origin of Tyranny" by P. N. Ure is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the emergence and foundations of tyranny during the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. in ancient Greece, examining how economic transformations, particularly the introduction of coinage, facilitated the rise of tyrants. The author aims to present complex historical connections in a clear manner, making it accessible to readers beyond classical scholars. The opening of the work introduces the concepts and themes that will be explored throughout the chapters. Ure discusses the remarkable transformations occurring in Greek society during the seventh and sixth centuries, particularly the financial revolution initiated by the advent of coinage. He notes that this period was not only pivotal for commerce and trade but also witnessed the rise of tyrants who leveraged their economic power to attain political dominance. Ure sets the stage for examining specific tyrants and their connections to economic conditions, providing a historical framework that suggests a correlation between wealth and the establishment of tyranny, while acknowledging the complexity of historical interpretation regarding these figures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Archaeology Wealth Civilization, Ancient Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C. Despotism DE Text Category: History - Ancient 1878530 2025-09-24T14:02:59.306355 text/html 1735362 2024-10-18T03:52:12 text/html 3693737 2025-09-24T14:03:36.831759 application/epub+zip 3720096 2025-09-24T14:03:06.960408 application/epub+zip 610445 2025-09-24T14:03:02.997412 application/epub+zip 4295945 2025-09-24T14:03:55.456663 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4094680 2025-09-24T14:03:32.926732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 991229 2022-09-28T05:33:51.314823 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1067864 2025-09-24T14:02:51.964397 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1049138 2024-10-18T03:52:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17041 2025-09-24T14:03:55.668708 application/rdf+xml 9074 2025-09-24T14:03:03.596311 image/jpeg 2016 2025-09-24T14:03:03.302350 image/jpeg 3616623 2025-09-24T14:02:59.529344 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia