rights‚ and eliminated the possibility of a ruler becoming too powerful. Most free men were able to vote and actively be a part of government but this did exclude women‚ children‚ and slaves. Cleisthenes who was a lawgiver in ancient Athens is credited to reforming Athens from an oligarchy (government by the few) to a democracy (government of the people). Historians refer to him as the “the father of Athenian democracy.” Under Athens democracy there was an assembly or ecclesia that would meet four
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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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was the largest obstacle in the way of full democracy for the Athenian radicals. The beginning of the emplacement of direct democracy can be seen to start with the prosecution of Cimon‚ the largest supporter of the Areopagus‚ by the radical democrats. Although Cimon was acquitted‚ the trial proved
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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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The Athenian Golden age refers to a period in which there was great prosperity in the City if Athens. And the events that marked this age were characterized by Athens becoming master of the Greek city-states‚ thereby attracting the best architects‚ scientists‚ and philosophers. In that regard‚ Athens became a nation of people‚ of thinkers that were lovers of the arts‚ makers of some of the finest music‚ plays‚ and philosophical ideas to date. Athens attained such power following the victories it
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Marriage It is known that a man is connected with society. He can’t be alone‚ he is in contact with people constantly. But he should have close people in his circle. He needs their support among constantly growing problems. Of course a man has friends. But his dearest person whom he can tell his thoughts‚ whom he can get away from the problems with‚ takes a specific position. So‚ a man strives to find such a person to make his own family. But in the midst of choosing the perfect wedding dress
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Why women generally get breast cancer rather than other cancers? ABSTRACT Background It is evident that when a person is affected with disease‚ he becomes aware of some treatment and he likes to follow the instruction of the physicians and prescription of him and he also makes some restriction on all over the lifestyle of him. The advanced technology is fast enough to eradicate the problems of human beings and they are easy to find out some solutions and some
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Marriages in Arranged Type An arranged marriage is a marriage that is at some level arranged by some or the other than those being married and is usually used to describe a marriage which involves the parents of the married couple to varying degrees‚ it has deep roots in royal and aristocratic families around the world. Today‚ arranged marriage is largely practiced in Africa‚ theMiddle East‚ and Southeast Asia and East Asia to some extent. Some times people suppose there is no diffrentce between
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it has been pronounced”. The only ground for a void marriage which may apply on the facts is if Norman and Deirdre failed to observe certain legal formalities required for a valid marriage . More information is needed on what formalities‚ were observed at wedding. However on the facts we are aware that the marriage ceremony took place in a registry office‚ as a result the marriage must comply with certain legal requirements. The marriage must have been solemnised under the authority of a superintendent
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In my opinion Athenians prepared their boys as best they could according to their needs. This education was meant to prepare him for any walk of life he may walk from being a soldier to a high ranking politician. His role as the future Kyrios would entail him to make sure his wife would run the domestic and economic affairs of the household. He would have also bought slaves from slave-markets and became the main representative at weddings‚ funerals and festivals. He must have been able to host
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