militaristic people who valued strength and simplicity. They ran an oligarchy government and were a military super power. The Spartans relied on farming and conquering foreign land. The Athenians believed in arts and culture‚ they relied on trade. The two city-states were great civilizations and just imagine what they could’ve accomplished together! When it came to government the Spartan government was a very tough government it was an oligarchy and relied on farming and war. The Athenians government was
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Ancient Greece has influenced our modern society in several ways rather it be by art‚ culture‚ sports or by government. The Greeks used 4 forms of government‚ but which one was the best? Was it Democracy‚ Aristocracy‚ Oligarchy‚ or Monarchy? Monarchy A monarchy is a political system based upon the undivided sovereignty of a rule of a single person. In a Monarchy it had an individual ruler who functions as the head pf state and achieves this position through heredity. It usually passes from father
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What is one major event that is constantly controlling the minds of everyone in today’s society? Even back then prejudice was a huge deal. It included discrimination just because of skin color and a person’s sex! Susan B. Anthony’s "On Women’s Right to Vote" and Chief Joseph’s "On Surrender at Bear Paw Mountain‚ 1877" emphasizes their experience with this topic. Alongside the swirl of emotions from this form of hate‚ the two authors can relate on many similarities and retaliate on the individual
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could have been a society of happiness and leisure was turned into a horrible and oppressive government. The middle class were used and bankrupted. People such as farmers were turned in serfs. This was a portrait of what might be to come from an oligarchy type of government were the power lies in the hands of a small group of people. This book refers to a fictional society that is incredibly imperfect. It is lacking the egalitarian and harmonious qualities of life depicted in utopias. This book
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the most innovative governments in their era. While the two may have been opposites‚ they will always be remembered as picturesque societies represented democracy and oligarchy. However‚ there are several examples of several kinds of government in ancient Greece more traditional from these city-states. Monarchy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ aristocracy‚ and democracy are drastically diverse governments found on one country. Democracy and Aristocracy often go hand in hand as they did in ancient Athens
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Several Greek city-states had the government form of an oligarchy‚ where the small group of people wield the ruling power. They were considered the highest class as political power was shared amongst the group (Carr). The groups were formed based off of aristocratic birth or wealth (Carr). Unlike this class‚ the lower class citizens in the oligarchy did not share the same rights as they lacked full political rights and were not eligible to rule (Carr). They are thus excluded from voting or having
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However‚ their customs and concepts differ tremendously. Generally‚ Sparta had a very strict military-based state‚ while Athens focused on the fine arts. Politically‚ the two city states differed in that Athens had a democracy and Sparta had an oligarchy. Although the city-states had some similarities‚ they had vast differences. Athens and Sparta were similar when it came to their social structures. Women’s rights and responsibilities were one of the few areas in which they were alike. In Athens
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greece and the social and political evolution and structure of Greece. That is why the text Plato’s Republic is superior to The apology In his talks with Adiemantus‚ Plato and Socrates discuss the evil or imperfect government systems such as oligarchy‚ tyranny‚ and timarchy. They remove these goverments as feasable goverments. In the Republic‚ they speak of these negative goverments as a mixture of good and evil1. They say that because the driving force behind the oilcharchy system is the pursuit
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become afraid of the poor and so pass a legislation requiring a minimum amount of wealth to gain a spot in office. This completes the decline from Timocracy to Oligarchy. A divide between the rich and poor becomes more apparent‚ with each conspiring against each other. The problem of vagrants and crime start to become more apparent in an oligarchy. Of the poor‚ there are the “stingless” and the “Stingers”. The “stingless” are those that‚ in their old age‚ have become paupers. From the “stingers” comes
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In Ancient Greece‚ different forms of government existed throughout the 1500+ city-states (similar to communities). Athens‚ for example‚ one of the most known city-states in Ancient times was the birthplace of democracy and was that way for nearly 200 years prior to the age and rule of Alexander The Great. In the following paragraphs‚ we will contrast and compare the different forms of government and rule that took place during that period. We will start with the differences of each one. Monarchy
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