Ancient Athens truly democratic? The definition of democracy is “ rule by the people”‚ so.. was Ancient Athens ruled by the people? No Ancient Athens was not TRULY democratic‚ evidence supports why it wasn’t. “The franchise is open to all men who are of citizen birth by both parents” (Document B) Basically in order to be a citizen‚ both your parents have to‚ and you have to be a male. This is not just. Women should have say in what they believe is right and wrong‚ so pretty much ancient Athens wasn’t
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The Difference in Free Sparta and Athens Danny Cantrell HIST 301 D001 Ancient Greece Robert Busek 1 January 2017 Sparta and Athens were two of the most influential city-states in Greece. Each state defined freedom through citizenship which allowed the population to have a voice within the political systems of their respective city-state. Sparta and Athens allied together to repel the invading Persians forces‚ but in other aspects could not be more different in their type of government
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Athens considered themselves a democratic state of government but in more ways than none it is not a true democracy. The definition of democracy is “a system of government by the whole population.” There were some ways that Athens was democratic in some ways because they had representatives for the government but overall it was still undemocratic because representatives in the courts and council were chosen randomly. The only ones allowed to vote were males that made up a very small amount of the
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period. However only one of these incredible creations can be considered the best Renaissance creation‚ and the School of Athens fits perfectly under this label‚ with its beautiful technique‚ its detail to the people illustrates and attributes that are beyond compare‚ the School of Athens is truly the greatest Renaissance creation. In Raphael’s Painting the School of Athens‚ he illustrates all the appreciable mathematicians‚ philosophers and scientists from the classical era all congregated together
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Differences Between Athens and Sparta Athens and Sparta‚ were quite different in many ways. The main differences between the two cities were their governments‚ education systems‚ people’s rights and childcare. The Spartans had a very different view on how their city should be run compared to the Athenians‚ their education systems taught the children of their cities completely different things‚ the Spartans being much more military-based and the Athenians being focused on the arts. The people of
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century B.C. Athens and Sparta‚ the two most powerful Greek city-states‚ found themselves on the brink of a full-scale war. According to Thucydides‚ at the beginning of the war both Athens and Sparta were at the pick of their might and flourishing and could trade and cooperate to each other’s benefit; instead‚ they got involved into an armed confrontation‚ in which the rest of the Greek cities participated‚ on one side or on the other. The growing military and financial power of Athens as well as
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preaching in Athens until his companions Silas and Timothy arrived. Paul most likely occupied his time by walking around Athens‚ taking in the sights. Athens is a city that Paul has heard of since he was a boy‚ why not explore this famous city? “He could have been spellbound by the sheer splendor of the city’s architecture‚ history‚ or wisdom. What he (Paul) saw was neither beauty nor brilliance of the city‚ but idolatry.” Stott‚ J. R. (1994) “While Paul was waiting for them in Athens‚ he was deeply
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The most powerful Greek states were the Sparta and Athens in histories. Both states had similarities‚ but then developed in a unique way in society. Sparta had launched their first war with Messenia‚ giving the Spartans as much land. After their second war‚ Spartan was forced to reconsider their way of living‚ making a drastic change and turning their city into a military academy and camp. The Spartan system changed in the sixth century‚ controlling over the children from birth. Females taught to
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I have often wondered why no one has done a story on high tech small business growth in Athens. We have‚ Coraid‚ Digital Insight - now a division of Intuit‚ Partners software‚ Deal Mobs‚ Orderite (touchblock is the tradename ) are all companies that have started in Athens. These are simply the names of businesses that I have heard about through people that I have met in my restaurant. Coraid is the biggest and fastest growing company. They are leasing the top floor and a half of the Fred Building
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Athens and Sparta were the two most legendary city-states that had a great impact in Greece history‚ especially because they were set apart by opposite governamental systems that affects how we still perceived them today‚ in addition to showing us the origins of military and democratic organizations that resembles that of ours through the World . As our reading material by Brand describes‚ Athenians were the ones that brought democracy to reality‚ while Spartans were set minded in dictatorship‚
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