ago‚ approximately over 2400 years‚ the Ancient Greek Polis developed the first democracy. This was the first time this particular political system was established and organized. Not long after‚ the Roman Republic formed their version of a democracy to rival Greece. Both societies used democracy as a way to band their people together‚ and become stronger republics. There are many similarities and differences between the political systems of Rome and Greece. Both systems had in place the city-state
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Democracy‚ as defined by Polybius‚ was a “regime based on effective rule by the people.” In Polybius’ Histories‚ democracy was not based on each citizen having the ‘right to do whatever they wish or propose’ but true democracy relied on “reverence to the gods‚ succour of parents‚ respect to elders‚ obedience to laws‚ are traditional and habitual‚ in such communities” as well as decisions being decided by the majority. It has been agreed upon by most ancient historians that Rome was not a democracy
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than a sheer reflection of the athenian democracy. Yes‚ we have made little changes here and there‚ but the bones of our democratic practices are the same. In this paper you should expect the similarities‚ and small differences between the democracy of the United States and the Athenian Empire. I will do my best to prove that the system our government uses today‚ is greatly based on the same system used in the Athenian Empire over two thousand years ago. The democracy used in ancient Athens from around
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Athenian Democracy and Modern New Zealand democracies This essay will explain the themes and patterns of ancient Athenian democracy and modern New Zealand democracy‚ their similarities and differences‚ cultural expectations and codes of behaviour. Greek civilizations thrived for almost 1300 years ago. Ancient Greeks lived in Greece and countries we now call Turkey and Bulgaria. They became very powerful they were the most powerful between 2000 BC and 146 BC. One king or monarch did not rule ancient
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The Athenian Democracy was classified as a direct democracy which means that they were a form of government in which a group of just ordinary people make decisions. Any male citizen could make a decisions but women‚ slaves and others were not allowed and were born elsewhere. Even though it was made up of male Athenians and women didn’t have much right‚ the people in a way were all treated equally. The Athenian democracy pretty much dissolved due to numerous changes. The Athenian government was broken
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Discuss the Athenian definition of democracy. Is the city state the only kind of state in which true democracy can exist? What happens to democracy when it is applied to a society with a large dispersed population? What are other examples of democratic societies besides Athens? Compare and contrast Athenian democracy with American democracy. Is the United States a democracy in the classical sense of the word? The ancient Greek word "demokratia" was ambiguous. It met literally "people power"
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Roman Republic/ Athenian Democracy and the United States Throughout history there have been several government structures that govern the people of the state‚ some ran differently‚ but maybe similar as well. There is a fine line between a democracy and a republic although there are some similarities. In a democracy‚ the citizens are their own form of government‚ all having equal say. In a republic‚ citizens still have high power but use that power to elect representatives to govern the state. I
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I believe that there were multiple occurrences contributing the end of Greek‚ or Athenian democracy. These back to back occurrences contributed to the weakening of their city as a whole and as a result the eventual end of democracy. Though it seemed like there might be moments of democracy from time to time‚ these events were really the death knell. The most major were the Decelean War‚ the plague and death of Pericles‚ and the Macedonian take over. When Sparta turned its military attentions to
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Week 3 : The Ancient Greece Democracy in Ancient Greece was the ideal way of governing‚ since all the citizens could take part to the political life. To this day‚ Athens represents the only example of a direct democracy. The Persians have always had a very different culture from the Greek culture‚ so we can call it almost the opposite. The Persians have tried to conquer the Greek islands many times‚ but every time the Greek countries (that used to fight each other) have found the power to unite
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a) What are the similarities and differences between the Greek concept of democracy and present day representative democracy? The Greece word ’demokratia’‚ which means ’governement by the people’‚ was first used by the Greece to show their political system. Back to the 5th century BC of the classical Greece period to the modern 21st century‚ over such a long period of time‚ threre are still some similarities bewteen the Athenian democracy and our present democracy. Like our modern voting districts
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