The Application Of Braudel’s Long Duration Theory

Pesistratus，the tyrant of Athens，who occupied a connectional and transitionalposition between Solon and Cleisthenes． At the age of Pesistratus， thepartisanship of Athens on the base of the resident who live in different regionalenvironment was emerging．In the author’s opinion，in order to comprehend theinterest struggle between the hill-men，the plain-men and the coast-men，thetheory of long duration will be needed．Braudel，the author of The MediterraneanWorld thought that the long duration theory was depended on geographicalstructure and the mountain paly a most important role in the history ofMediterranean． The pillar planting industry in the mountainous area ofMediterranean is olive．As the leader of the hill-men，Pesistratus cooperatedwith the shone-men．Since Athens has taken the jurisdiction of Salamic bay，the hill-men and the shone-men have a chance to developed the sale of olive oilthrough overseas trade．At the same time，Owl-Athena silver coin was issued inabundance．The issue of the Owl-Athena silver coin not only meet the need ofcoins but also solidify the sense of identity in polis．As a polis god ofAthens,Athena shielded the whole citizen in Athens，and taken place the identityof aristocrat．More specifically，the thesis consists of three chapters：Chapter Ⅰ Expound the theory applied by this article：the long duration theoryof Braudel．Chapter Ⅱ Introduce the geographical structure of Attica and the history ofthe inhabitant in different regional environment．Chapter Ⅲ Discusses the ways that Pesistratus used to settle the fight amongthree parties by enlarging the overseas oil trade and establishing the identityin Attica．...