Greek Democracy Dbq

Greek democracy was in some way unfair. There were many both fair and unfair things about Ancient Greece. One unfair thing was that only males who were citizens were allowed to vote, no women, no men who weren’t citizens. That was unfair. Mainly men had power over everything and to me that was unfair. One fair thing is that all men were treated equally in some way. Just because you were “poor” or not extremely rich didn’t mean that you could not have a job. Slaves were used. Peasants were used. The image in document 3 shows a photo or drawing on pottery of slaves working really hard at their job and peasants at a market. This goes to show a fair side of Greece. Greek democracy was very lenient towards their military. They even paid their military
so they had the money to access their daily needs. The were extremely giving to their military. The put their military lives before they did anyone and they were all about power, suits why men were usually in control.
Ancient Greece's social classes were basically like their democracy, men had more power. Although, thee social classes were very diverse. Women, children, immigrants, labours, and even slaves all had defined roles. But there was interaction and everyone was social with eachother. There was not much conterversary between each social class and who was relitivaly “higher” than another. Men attained more power but their were also different classes of ment. There were the ones who were basically rich and had the most money ,They could provide for themselves and others at any given time and they had the most efficient things. Their wealth came from pottery and even more importantly, the best land. there were the ones who were labeled as “poorer” but also owned some land. . This land wasn’t as protected as the land the top classes and their land wasn’t as close. Their land was always farther off somewhere else. The third and last class were the ones who were the “workers” they depended on trade and things relitive to that to make their money, provide, and/or survive. They also manufactured. Greek democracy again wasn;t the fairest but it also wasn’tt “unfiar”
. There were key parts about it that was fair. Everyone had a role, wether you succeded in military or you were a slave, you had a job. Even if you weren’t a citizen and you could not vote (which was unfair) you did have a job and you were worht something.