Yet‚ lots of poor citizens could not afford the time from working to participate in democratic democracy. Women and slaves had no political rights‚ even in a democratic government. Greeks first started by having monarchies‚ then they changed into oligarchies‚ then into tyrannies‚ and finally democracies‚ but some city-states did not become tyrannies or
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government and how they all connect to one another. More specifically‚ he speaks of the negative effects of each political system and how those effects lead to the formation of the next system. Per Plato and Socrates‚ democracy emerges from oligarchy. An oligarchy is formed when the wealthy class are the leaders. When the desire for wealth reaches the point of some being wealthy and many more being impoverish‚ it gives reason for revolution. That revolution is what leads to democracy. Plato describes
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(87% of the national production). He also made a deal with the old oligarchies: if they don’t want the administration go through their illegal affairs (like they did with Boris Berezovski or Mikhaïl Khodorkovski)‚ they have to support the government in its will to rebuild the Russian economic framework without interfering with politics. Thus Putin supported a new elite that took the economic and politic power and replaced the oligarchies from the Eltsin years. Putin build a State capitalism or “administrated
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in similar jobs with men. Women also are not paid or recognized as equals in the professional sports world. Most importantly‚ Women of different ethnicity continue to experience this unfairness today‚ “An oligarchy of learning‚ where the educated govern the ignorant‚ or even an oligarchy of race‚ where the Saxon rules the African…”
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a strong healthy woman will carry healthy babies. They had slaves‚ which were the Herlot‚ and they had to give half of their crops to the master. The Spartans and the Athenians have few similarities like their type of government which is Oligarchy. An Oligarchy government elected a small group of people to make important decision. They both fought in the Battle of Pataea‚ which ended the Persian invasion. They trained their children at an early age to prepare for war. They both were city-states
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citizens who were at least 30 years old and had served in the military were the only ones allowed to vote in public and make decisions that would have an impact on the community. Foreigners‚ women‚ and slaves were not allowed to hold public office. An oligarchy‚ or small group of people holding power‚ typified the Spartan
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There are many historical and philosophical foundations of the American Government‚ but only a few really stand out and are talked about a lot today. The dominant philosophy here is natural law‚ which is the biggest issue in the American Government. Natural law has led to the writing of many documents throughout history. Throughout history the Government has taken different initiatives to better the United States like writing a series of documents that deal with land rights‚ fairness‚ and independence
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In 480 and the years prior the Athenians and Spartans‚ banned together to defeat the Persian Army. The Spartans stand at Thermopylae‚ allowed the Athenians time to prepare‚ and ultimately allowed the victory. With both of these great city-states located so close together in Hellas‚ there differences would ultimately lead to dissension. Throughout the course of this paper‚ I hope to explain the reasoning behind the dissension between Sparta and Athens‚ made war between these former allies inevitable
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The statement “we” that is repeated in line 14 and 15 are talking about Americans as a whole. 6. What does the word “secure” mean in Line 15? In line 15‚ the word “secure” means to stand for our rights as American citizens. 7. What is an oligarchy? Oligarchy according to the passage is referring to the group of “white men” who aren’t giving women the right to vote. 8. What is the antecedent of the word “them” in line 26? White men. 9. In the paragraph that begins with Line 22‚ what can be inferred
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The Roman Republic was a form of representative government that was derived from an intellectual ancestor from the Greeks’ experiments in democracy. Carthage‚ on the other hand‚ while technically a republic‚ is better described as a mercantile oligarchy. In structure‚ it is probably best compared
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