Introduction The birth of democracy in Sparta and Athens was a long‚ painful journey‚ created by wars‚ cruel leaders‚ and heroic figures. Although many of democracy’s ideas came from Athenian government‚ it was very different from the democracy in the United States‚ for example. In general‚ wealthy aristocrats had the most power. But without the ideas that this time period created‚ who knows where we would be now. In this paper‚ I’m going to outline how democracy came to be in early Athenian and
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elevated Acropolis‚ and a marketplace Agora. The city’s water supply came from public springs‚ and the city was usually surrounded by a large wall. The Polis was the center of Greek community life. There were two main large city states; Sparta and Athens. These city-states were prominent‚ and very powerful. Sparta stressed upon having strong‚ fearless warriors. Sparta had many expectations and a Spartan citizen practically had their entire life planned out. Spartans were expected to marry at twenty
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empowerment of women. The setting of this play takes place during a time when war was customary and fighting between countrymen was familiar. Aristophanes wrote the play during the Peloponnesian War when Athens and Sparta were engaging in continuous battles that weakened supplies and destroyed cities. Athens unfortunately was suffering a great deal more during this time‚ however their refusal of peace sparked much debate and allowed Aristophanes to critique the ideals of politics in an environment that
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aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy and democracy in Ancient Greek city states. Democracy surfaced in Greece around 500 B.C. This is what is known as rule by people or rule by all. It was developed by the Athens by K and others. It was based on the principle that all citizens of the city-state of Athens had right to attend
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1: 427BC (4th year of the Peloponnesian war * Plague visited Athens in 430‚ 429‚ 427 BC (30% pop dies) * Pericles began the war‚ the strategy was for athens to stay behind the walls (not to fight the Spartans on land – in funeral speech) – Spartans are better fighters * So many people behind the walls‚ not heigenic conditions‚ so plague could have came because of result of this strategy * Terrible strategy came out of the best intentions * Pericles saying follow intelligent
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The Greeks during the Greco-Persian War manipulated terrain as a force multiplier in many battles; at the Battle of Marathon‚ Miltiades used the Vrana Valley to prevent a Persian march on Athens‚ at the Battle of Thermopylae‚ Leonidas used the narrow‚ Thermopylae pass to invalidate the Persian numbers‚ and at the Battle of Artemisium‚ Themistocles used the Artemisium Strait to aid in his battle against the Persian fleets. The best manipulation and use of terrain by the Greeks in the Greco-Persian
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(insert second rebuttal point). Our first speaker praised our wondrous military. I will be continuing my team’s argument that Athens is far superior to Sparta by examining the mindset of the Athenian government. To prove/support my belief that the Athenian government was superior to that of Sparta‚ I will be arguing 2 major points. Firstly‚ that the government in Athens was fairer than theirs and secondly‚ that the system of governing was stronger than theirs. To begin‚ I will
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influenced by things‚ such as their mythology‚ religion‚ education‚ and art. Being a part of the Roman Empire was a generally peaceful ordeal‚ although several anti-Roman parties did exist. In 88 B.C.E‚ the city of Athens revolted against the Romans in what is known as: “The Siege of Athens”. The Athenian efforts were quickly squashed by the Roman general Sulla (Rickard). Slowly‚ the Roman and Greek cultures integrated tremendously and the differences between them were not
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eighth century‚ aristocrats seized power from the hereditary kings of Athens. The land owning nobles who dominated the government experienced a crisis when the newly rich and ambitious merchants wanted a share in governing Athens. Peasants who borrowed from the aristocracy by pledging their lands as security‚ lost their property and even became enslaved for not paying their debts. They argued that the law was unjust and Athens was moving toward a civil war. The third stage is tyranny or
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intro I have one question. Have you ever wondered about ancient times if people had governments? Well I can tell you this Ancient Greece certainly had government all right. REPORT Greece had no central government. In fact Greece was even considered one whole group. Each city-state had its own government and was also known as a polis. There were 3main types of government: Monarchy‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy. Each city-state made their own laws. The hierarchy was always the government or
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