Democracy in Ancient Greece Eddie Witten The Greeks were very advanced for their time. They realized that they need a new form of government and they were able to invent the first democratic government in the world. The democracy that the Greeks came up with was based on two important factors. The first one was the population growth in Athens grew at a very fast rate. The second was the advocating of political‚ economic‚ and legal equality for all which some male citizens remembered from the
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In ancient Greece the polis evolved greatly. This evolution included a break with theocratic politics and four stages that Greek city-states generally moved through. The evolution also included contributions made by Draco‚ Solon‚ Pisistratus‚ and Cleisthenes to Athenian Democracy. The city-states first political association during early stages of civilization was based on tribal allegiances. The polis was a self-governing community that expressed the will of free citizens‚ not the desires of gods
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Ideology is best defined as a system of ideas and beliefs that affect a person‚ group‚ or culture’s way of thinking. Ancient Greece was filled with different ideologies throughout the years; almost every polis with a different and unique set of values. Sparta had its strict militarism and aristocracy‚ suppressing people’s free thought. Athens had a mostly open‚ democratic‚ system‚ allowing more room for individual interpretations. And the empire of Alexander the Great that‚ despite having an absolute
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Trevor Chalew 9/13/12 Period:3 Ancient Greece had a big influence on the world and how it is today. Greece lies at the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula‚ where the Mediterranean Sea is. In the region‚ mountain terrain made it so farming was limited because of the land. Because of that they turned to the Sea and became fishers‚ sailors‚ and traders to survive. The Greeks have influenced western civilizations in many areas such as government and sports. Government
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migrations and invasions of people from the river in the north and Sicily in the south. Both empires were ruled by several different leaders. They had differences are existed during different times. Both empires had very different forms of governments. In Greece‚ they had 3 different types of government: A monarchy ruled by a king‚ an oligarchy ruled by a small group of elite people‚ and a democracy ruled by everyone which formed much later. In Rome‚ they had two types of government as well‚ a monarchy and
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Art History Paper People in acient greece use building to show power and also use has a kingdom for kings and queens. Today we use acient Greece architecture for more government things like banks‚ government buildings‚ capital buildings ect. Anything that has to do with the government. Many government buildings use columns. The white house uses the Lonic order it has the flute‚fillet‚ volute‚ and abacus. In acient Greece these building were used for kings and queens to live‚till this day buildings
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The Golden Age of Greece The Golden Age of Greece began after the victory of the Persian Wars. The civilization of Ancient Greece shifted into prosperous and peaceful times from around 500 to 400 B.C. E. This period is called the Golden Age because of all the achievements. The Ancient Greeks made many contributions to the traditions of Western civilization with their literature and ideas about science‚ mathematics‚ art‚ and architecture. A great deal of this came about because of what the Greeks
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Ancient Greece is a very famous country that is known for its unique fashion styles. Years ago‚ ancient Greeks did not care about the type of clothing they were wearing. Men and women wore similar things. Not knowing that a few hundred years later researchers would argue over if their clothes were better than today’s or worse than today’s clothing. The Greeks had unique ways of making clothing but it does not compare to today’s clothing. In Ancient Greece there were many different fashion styles
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Many people don’t know about ancient Greece. ancient Greece is an amazing civilization that existed years ago. ancient Greece develop many things we have today‚ including the Olympics‚ are alphabet and they even created Inventions that lead us towards technology! many people don’t think of ancient Greece as inventors of our ideas‚ but they gave us pretty much all of our ideas. all of our modern stuff today was ether invented by the Greeks or we improved it and made it our own. therefore we
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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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