Origins of Democracy Democracy refers to a type of political system in which the people‚ or people they elect to be representatives‚ govern themselves‚ rather than being governed by a dictatorship or monarch. It is supposedly said that the democratic form of government began in Ancient Athens in 508 BC‚ but this form of government may have existed well before the turn of the 5th century. It is logical to assume that democracy‚ no matter how quaint or complex‚ began with the tribes. As having
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that for some reason or another people as a whole do not like change. Even though democracy keeps an individual or a group take power the people of the government will not be taken advantage of or be mistreated. Many things is not about an idea being or bad‚ sometimes change is not fair to all the people. But why did the Athenian democracy fail in about 100 years if it was a government made for the people. Before democracy the people in ancient Greece were run by the people on top of the wealth and power
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Sparta is to-date (if at all) known as the militaristic rival of “enlightened” Athens in Ancient Greece. By then‚ it was such a major power in its state. Sparta was eclipsed by the rise of Athens‚ with a population 5 times its number. But Sparta’s decline should not entirely obliterate its early accomplishments. Sparta was far more complex and multifaceted. Her culture was focused on loyalty to the state and military service. To achieve this‚ Spartans had to undergo formal education. Spartan education
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Sparta went through a reign being known as the strongest polis‚ but before then‚ when Sparta was at it’s worst‚ Lykurgos came into the life of the Spartans and created laws and ideas that saved their city. Because he prevented the destruction of Sparta‚ he was honored and greatly respected by the Spartans. The laws and ideas created by him are greatly studied today. Lykurgos saved his city by reforming the political‚ social‚ and economic aspects of Spartan rule and the rules and focuses of Spartans
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called a democracy when we still had millions of slaves. Our nation today is called a democracy when millions of citizens never exercise their right to vote‚ a few hundred party leaders select our national political candidates‚ and only those who have million-dollar treasuries can run for political office with a reasonable chance of winning. Latin American military dictatorships are called democracies. South Vietnam with a single candidate for president during the Vietnam War was called a democracy. The
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Roman Republic/ Athenian Democracy and the United States Throughout history there have been several government structures that govern the people of the state‚ some ran differently‚ but maybe similar as well. There is a fine line between a democracy and a republic although there are some similarities. In a democracy‚ the citizens are their own form of government‚ all having equal say. In a republic‚ citizens still have high power but use that power to elect representatives to govern the state. I
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Democracy is a state of which helps our civilization function properly. What was the Athenian democracy like? Was it just like the democracy of the United States we live in today? First we must take note of the political ideas of the Greeks. What did the Greeks mean by democracy? Their constitution is called a democracy because power was in the hands of not a minority but of a whole people. Everyone was believed to be equal in the eyes of the law. Political life is open and free‚ and so were the
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than a sheer reflection of the athenian democracy. Yes‚ we have made little changes here and there‚ but the bones of our democratic practices are the same. In this paper you should expect the similarities‚ and small differences between the democracy of the United States and the Athenian Empire. I will do my best to prove that the system our government uses today‚ is greatly based on the same system used in the Athenian Empire over two thousand years ago. The democracy used in ancient Athens from around
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records of government were from Athens and Rome. Rome’s form of government was a Republic while Athens was a democracy. A republic means a government in which citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf. A republic is quite different from a democracy‚ in which every citizen is expected to play an active role in governing the state. A democracy is ruled by the people. The Athenian Democracy and Roman Republic both had strengths and weakness in how democratic the government was‚ this is shown
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Athenian Democracy and Modern New Zealand democracies This essay will explain the themes and patterns of ancient Athenian democracy and modern New Zealand democracy‚ their similarities and differences‚ cultural expectations and codes of behaviour. Greek civilizations thrived for almost 1300 years ago. Ancient Greeks lived in Greece and countries we now call Turkey and Bulgaria. They became very powerful they were the most powerful between 2000 BC and 146 BC. One king or monarch did not rule ancient
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