In Greece the legal system and social hierarchy were tied together. The government kept the people in place and made up their lifestyle. Within the Greek empire some of the major cities such as Athens‚ and Sparta had basically control over people’s lives and this didn’t allow them to move up the chain. They did this by subjugating people and taking rights from people. The city powerhouse known as “Sparta” had a government that made up the social hierarchy. This was because “The government
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Athens in the fourth century BCE. Although Athens was great the Greeks were much more than just Athens itself. Like any other people they had their conflicts. A particular conflict with the Spartans went on for almost thirty years. They disagreed on many things including slavery‚ but more importantly
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participate on the assembly. Being a little contradictory because not all Athenians were consider citizens and also excluding gran part of them from the right to vote. On their efforts against the Persians‚ Greek cities formed different league‚ Athens formed the Delian League a30-year naval
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Ancient Greece‚ the two largest poleis (city-states) Athens and Sparta are evidence of two opposite forms of government. Athens adopted a more democratic approach while Sparta was governed by two kings. Though near each other‚ Ancient Greece consisted of poleis each of whom was governed separately and differently than one another. In the following I will answer a few questions posed regarding Greece‚ Sparta and the various city-states. Athens Early on only men who owned land could hold public office
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Classical Athens and Han China: How Great Were the Differences Classical Athens and Han China were different due to their forms of government‚ the relationship between the individual and the state‚ their views on man and nature and their background information. Within the background information of both Athens and Han China there are very evident differences between the two. The first document shows the maps of both the empires side by side. The Han Empire is much bigger than the Athens city-state
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the government. The only few who have right in government are men‚ free men with complete Athenian parents. According to our discussion forum‚ we discovered that democracy was the rule of the ‘Demos’ which means people that are free‚ native-born of Athens. These classes of citizens are referring to as ‘Thetes’. Thetes are grouped into three: 500 bushel men: This group or class of aristocrats is measures by their annual income in bushel of grain. Horse men or 300 bushel men: This class could afford
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Numerous examples of Tyrannies existed in ancient Greece‚ notable examples being Dionysios of Syracuse who ruled from 405 B.C. and his son Dionysios II‚ who assumed power in 367 B.C. (Cartwright‚ 2013). Further examples are Pesisistratos in Athens who ruled around 560 B.C‚ Pheidon in Argos and Lykophron in Thessaly (Cartwright‚ 2013). Though the word Tyranny has a bad connotation in our day and age‚ this does not infer that all Tyrants that ruled in ancient Greece were necessarily harsh rulers
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government that were practiced Monarchy’s‚ Aristocracy‚ Oligarchy and Direct Democracy. In Ancient Athens they had a direct democracy which allowed the citizens to participate in political decision making. In Ancient Sparta they had an oligarchy form of government in which the state was ruled by a small group of citizens who also controlled the military. <br> <br>The political system of ancient Athens was a democracy‚ which involved all of its citizens by giving them daily access to civic affairs and
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realized that they need a new form of government and they were able to invent the first democratic government in the world. The democracy that the Greeks came up with was based on two important factors. The first one was the population growth in Athens grew at a very fast rate. The second was the advocating of political‚ economic‚ and legal equality for all which some male citizens remembered from the living conditions in the Dark Ages. The Greek system of Democracy did have its shares of problems
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influenced ancient Greece during the 5th Century B.C.E. He died during the Peloponnesian War due to a plague that took the lives of about one third of the population in Athens. Pericles was such an influential man that this era is referred to as the “Age of Pericles.” In recognition of the fact that he left his mark on the Athens and that his demise was a tragedy to its people. Pericles will never be forgotten. Thucydides who lived from (c. 460-c. 400 B.C) helped to contribute to our understanding
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