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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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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This definition shows that the ancient Greece was divided into city-states in which this were independent of each other‚ with their laws‚ customs‚ money‚ and army (Greek City State). City-States are also called as polis‚ most of this polis started having an Oligarchy type of government; although at the end they became a democratic one‚ in which every city governed by itself. Most of the cities were usually at war among them; therefore some of them joined forces so they could become in a larger city (City-States
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remained the same in power over twelve years” (Mayer). Agrarian reform was intended to deliver all peasant lands in an equitable manner so that the people would not be oppressed by those with the power (the oligarchy). But Velasco did not consider that dealings‚ apart from affecting the oligarchy and foreign investors‚ also was affecting the crops as farmers were not people who were trained to manage these vast amounts of land. Besides‚ having no money meant that the most of the peasants
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our discussion so far on the Philippines we have seen how the political system was captured by an oligarchy whose consolidation was greatly facilitated by the way the US set up their colony. Marcos tried to break the oligarchy‚ but he failed and indeed if anything‚ as Benedict Anderson pointed out‚ the oligarchy surfaced after 1986 even more powerful than ever. The clearest manifestation of the oligarchy in the Philippines and how it impacts politics is the existence of political dynasties. Now you’d
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monarchy is tyranny‚ the unjust counterpart to aristocracy is oligarchy‚ and the unjust counterpart to politeia is democracy (Steinberger‚
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notoriety from her husband‚ Evita’s ability to shape herself into a woman of tremendous influence despite is no doubt her ultimate empowerment. Of the way in which Evita crafted her persona of extravagance‚ Navarro writes‚ “although she knew that the oligarchy criticized that image‚ she sensed that the descamisados
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fact that Rome reduced Carthage to ashes also contributed to the problem. Nevertheless‚ we still have enough information to see how the two governments compare. Rome and Carthage started out similarly as both of them had some different forms of oligarchy. In Rome‚ most of the power was placed in the hand of the patricians (ancient.eu‚ nd)‚ whereas in Carthage‚ the power belonged to the oligarchs (theancientworlds.net‚ nd). They both have a few elite ones as heads of state‚ which with Carthage they
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Introduction Ancient Greece practiced five different government types‚ which were Monarchy‚ Aristocracy‚ Tyranny‚ Oligarchy and Democracy. This paper shall attempt to described these different forms of government in Ancient in order to clearly demonstrate their similarities and differences. Text We will begin by talking about Monarchy‚ which comes from the Greek terms Monos and Arkhein (meaning “one” and “to rule”) and is a form of government in which the people are led by a king. While the king
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