Women in Classical Athens vs. Women in America Women in classical Athens‚ according to many of the accounts of women’s position in the Greek city-state‚ lived a life of domestic slavery. Men controlled politics and societal influence in the public setting‚ so the lives of women were no different from foreigners or slaves who also had no civil rights. The lives of women in classical Athens greatly contrasts the lives of women in America today; however both share similar family obligations. While
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such as George Washington‚ Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther king. The forth most similar aspect is the Greek democracy. Athens (a city in Greece) had the first world known democracy called direct democracy. Direct democracy is simply known as “rule by people”. Direct democracy gave all citizens freedom and equality. The citizens of Athens could also vote. Similarly to the Athens‚ Americans today have a different type of democracy in which we vote for people to lead us. The fifth most similar aspect
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of ancient greece created a prosperous society. Tyrants created a prosperous society by establishing worldly order‚ redistributing power to the middle class and creating a unified society. To start‚ Tyrants in Athens creating relations with other city states to maintain a stable order. Athens was financially stable because of its economy and its allies. Trade was essential in order for greece to maintain its stable economy. One reason for trade being so successful in Athans was because a silver currency
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Causes and major events of Peloponnesian War Let’s remember the earlier events. In the years when there was Persian war‚ conflict between Athens and Sparta seemed not so strong‚ Themistocles‚ whom the ancient historians considered as a talented politician‚ and person who could foresee events begins to build walls around the city. During the struggle between Greeks and Persians (457 - 446 BC.) two most powerful states in Greece had a desire to dominate and as the result they had military clashes
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After 507 BCE Cleisthenes changed the rules of voting in Athens so that every mans’ vote counted and therefore put the decisions affecting the community into the hands of the common man although the majority of the office positions were held by wealthy aristocrats. To be considered a “citizen” in Sparta‚ you had to be: male‚ could not be a Helot‚ or Perioikoi‚ or a slave. There was an assembly of all male citizens‚ an elder council of men over 60‚ the Gerousia‚ and the Ephors that consisted of 5
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The End of the Athenian Golden Age The Athenian Golden Age began with the defeat of the invading Persians and ended shortly after the fall of Athens to the Spartans‚ in 404 BCE. The age saw numerous advances in art‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ literature‚ and government. Also known as the “Age of Pericles‚” after the Athenian statesman responsible for the direction of the city at the height of its achievements (Canadian Museum of History‚ n.d.). Scholars seem to have different theories and opinions as
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n order to to participate in public life and make decisions affecting the community in Sparta it meant that you had to be a warrior. Sparta was a Oligarchy witch means "rule of the few". In Athens in order to participate in public life and make decisions you had to be native born‚ male and free. In Athens your political standing depended on you wealth. The men with the highest wealth could seek the highest political offices. The next step down the ladder were men with slightly less wealth referred
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increased oppression of the peasants. d. crushed for good the power of the democratic oligarchies. 7. The Spartans made the army the center of their society because a. the Spartans had always loved killing and mayhem. b. they feared a naval attack by Athens. c. they feared a naval attack by Persia. d. they feared an uprising by their helots. 8. The Lycurgan reforms resulted in a. the establishment of a permanent military state in Sparta. b. more constitutional rights for Spartans. c. outlawing religion
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The democratic reforms instituted in Athens from 463 to 451 BC by both Ephialtes and his ‘successor’ Pericles are wide ranging and unprecedented for their era. The political upheaval in the 5th century BC is often cited by modern historians as a ‘radical’ shift from conservative democracy to a liberal‚ direct democracy involving all citizens. The oligarchical institution known as the Areopagus‚ comprised of ex-archons from the two aristocratic classes‚ was the largest obstacle in the way of full
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of thought. Spartans valued power and built their city-state to protect themselves from revolts and attackers. Because the Spartan’s strong obligation to do their duties‚ they exemplified a good name and showed it by their powerful city-state. Athens‚ a city-state that gave freedom to their people‚ was filled with people willing
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