democracy and almost all other democracies is that the Athenian version was a direct democracy rather than being representative. Democracy came about in Athens as a result of the growing navel power and the reforms made by leaders such as Cleisthenes and Pericles. The city-state of Athens‚ 5th century Athens to be precise‚ is the inventor and first practitioner of democracy. So for 4‚000 years men and women lived under forms of government other than democratic. For some 2‚500 years now democracy has existed
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these civilizations and see how each is unique. I will also point out to some differences and similarities between the two buildings and their respective civilizations. During what’s usually called the golden age of Athens‚ a politician named Pericles commissioned a new temple to Athena‚ goddess of wisdom and war--among other things--and patron of the city-state of Athens (Martin‚ 2013). The years that followed Persia’s defeat by Athens were particularly prosperous economically and militarily
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a great plague broke out. No one really knows what the name of the disease was; all we know is that it killed very many Athenians. This disease ended up killing at least half of the Athenian population. It also took out the great ruler of Athens Pericles. The plague was a curse for the Athenians‚ but a miracle for the Spartans. You could almost say that Sparta’s best ally was the plague. During this plague Spartan hoplites tried time after time to try and draw the Athenian army out but they
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Common Features of a Shakespeare Comedy What makes a Shakespeare comedy identifiable if the genre is not distinct from the Shakespeare tragedies and histories? This is an ongoing area of debate‚ but many believe that the comedies share certain characteristics‚ as described below: * Comedy through language: Shakespeare communicated his comedy through language and his comedy plays are peppered with clever word play‚ metaphors and insults. 1. Love: The theme of love is prevalent in every
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>. Hopper‚ R. J. The Early Greeks. New York: Harper‚ 1977. Patterson‚ W. "Development of the Greek Polis: Sparta & Athens." Apr 1998. Online. 4 Nov 1999 <http://www.wilpatterson.edu/wpcpages/sch-hmss/history/study/ edelciv1.htm>. Popper‚ Karl. "Pericles ’ Ideal of Democracy." The Open Society and its Enemies. 3 Jan 1996. Online. 4 Nov 1999 <http://wheel.dcn.davies.ca.us/~sander/mensa/ popper1.html>.
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45. 1. The three great Greek classical philosophers are a. Eurypides‚ Pericles‚ and Darius. b. Diogenes‚ Euclid‚ and Ptolemy. c. Achilles‚ Hippocrates‚ and Sappho. d. Aeneid‚ Antigone‚ and Aristophanes. e. Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle. 2. What can be considered the symbol of Athenian naval success? a. The gunboat b. The trireme c. The astrolabe d. The rowers e. The lateen sail Spar 3.Sparta became a highly militarized society
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Environmental determinism essentially means where you live has a direct correlation with how you live. Countries that need to focus on hunting and gathering cannot focus on other aspects of their society like military power‚ religion‚ technology and education. Geographic luck is another factor of environmental determinism. Geographic luck means that people have strong advantages to their lives because of where they currently live. Environmental determinism allowed countries to grow their military
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THE PARTHENON AND THE ELGIN MARBLES BY EPAMINONDAS VRANOPOULOS Athens 1985 PREFACE The response to the Greek government’s demand for the return to Greece of the sculptures of the Parthenon‚ now in the British Museum‚ has been so encouraging that it has given rise to hopes that the Elgin Marbles‚ as they have come to be known‚ may indeed one day be restored to their rightful home. The favourable response has come from UNESCO and from public opinion world-wide‚ including Britain.
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and the hill. This clever policy broke up the old factions as well as the powerful influence aristocrats had over the system. These subdivisions (demos) joined together and their populations made up the ten tribes. In the late 460s Ephialtes and Pericles presided over a radicalization of power that shifted the balance decisively to the poorest sections of society. This was the democratic Athens that won and lost an empire which built the Parthenon‚ that gave a stage to Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ Euripides
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Sparta has two kings came from the Agiads and Eurypontids. The government was Gerousia which the elder council consists of people at the age of sixty‚ and Ephors which have five magistrates. Athen leader is governed by a statesman Pericles. Besides the difference in the hierarchy of the Sparta government‚ male citizens formed an assembly arrangement in the organization. These powers are chosen by assembly annually to support the kings. Ephors deal with judicial‚ military‚ and foreign
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