Athenian democracy originated and formed from the three definitions of "Demos". First of all‚ Demos is the Greek word for "village"‚ but the Greeks also used this word to translate as "People" and "Assembly". Initially‚ Demos means "Village" because it refers to the first step of democracy. The Athenians had a voting district‚ it was referred to as the "deme" and administrated the Assembly List. In order to qualify for the Assembly list‚ 18 year old males would have to prove to a political official
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an extremely active democracy‚ the Athenians were under various forms of government‚ including monarchy‚ oligarchy and tyranny. Monarchy The city-states in Greece were established some time around the 9th century BC. From around the 9th into the 8th centuries‚ a king‚ or “basileus‚” ruled the city-state with a group of nobles under him. However‚ the Athenian monarchy did not last very long. Government develops from many impulses and threads and the Athenians saw a landed
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powers to gain a large profit and gain dominance. Imperialism was an effective and successful way for civilized countries to gain control over an indigenous countries. So‚ America should not become an imperial power. Core Democratic Value: Liberty Liberty is the one of the core values of American Constitutional Democracy. But this Liberty should include personal‚ political‚ economic freedom of not only American but also all nations. Imperialism based on ideas of superiority and nationalism robbed
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being created by Spain‚ Portugal‚ Britain and France. In the nineteenth century‚ with the American revolution and‚ shortly after‚ the independence of the Latin American countries‚ this first imperialist wave was over. Nevertheless‚ a new kind of imperialism emerged. Its focus changed to the direct conquest of large territories in the Asian and African continents and to the massive colonization of some territories by European settlers‚ as well as the maintenance of commercial interests‚ now supplemented
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mohammed alqarni Europe European imperialism began with the discovery of the New World and the Cape of Good Hope passage to Asia at the end of the 15th century. However‚ while the Europeans were able to easily wipe out and subjugate the prehistoric hunter-gatherer inhabitants of Africa and the Americas‚ they encountered wealthy and well-developed societies with powerful armies in Asia and the Middle East who could not be militarily conquered outright. Here the Europeans used trade concessions and
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The Legacies of Colonialism & Imperialism On Less Developed Countries Comparative Politics Colonialism is the policy of domination pursued by the European powers starting in the fifteenth century and extending to the mid twentieth century. During this period European countries began to exert their control over large parts of the world. The Spanish and Portuguese founded colonies in what was to become known as Latin America. Britain and France began to colonize
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One of the most important causes of the rise of British empire is the Domination of the Spanish & Portuguese empires in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean trade this control of trade by Spain and Portugal led Britain to first hire buccaneers like Francis Drake to pillage Spanish ships returning from the new world laden with gold this allowed Britain to pay off its debts and build up its army & navy Nial Ferguson says in his book Empire “it should not be forgotten that this was how the British
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In the early nineteenth century‚ the British were the imperial force of Kenya. In 1886 and 1890‚ the British have come up with an agreement with Germany that created a boundary between the British territory in Kenya and the German territory in Tanganyika to the south. Despite the fact that the boundaries of the British were set‚ the British already controlled a little more of the Kenyan coast. In order for the British to get more territory from Kenya‚ Britain decided to merge Uganda eastern province
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by Europeans during the imperialism and colonialism era. Imperialism is when a strong country expands their power by taking over a weak country using force and violence (M.Webster). Colonialism is when a country takes over another country exploiting it economically and turning it into a colony (M.Webster). Once the country is imperialized‚ the other country‚ then makes a colony and owns that territory. Africa was imperialized by European countries during the New Imperialism era‚ which occurred between
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Cleisthenes was a Athenian politician that changed the political game. He brought forth the ideology of Demokratia or rule by the people‚ we know know this ideology as Democracy. Before 507 B.C. the city-states of Ancient Greece were failing to uphold control. At the time most city-states were either Monarchies or an Oligarchy‚ a government ran by a select few. But by the time of the of the collapse of the Bronze age the city states overthrew their kings and adopted a constitution. They still
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