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    created things WELL that were way before their time. For example‚ democracy. If that is not an impact Greece has made on our culture‚ then I don’t know what is. This political system started in Athens‚ where it started as a Monarch‚ then grew to an oligarchy‚ until it finally reached a democracy. The government consisted of an assembly of 6‚000 members that were all adult male citezens. The assembly voted on issues throughout Athens and passed laws. Our democracy in America is similar to this. Though

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    today exists in North Korea under Kim Jong-Un. In this government‚ Kim Jong-Un exercise complete power and his power is unlimited. The individuals have no personal rights of liberties. Another form of government seen around the world is called an oligarchy. In this form of government the right to participate depends on the possession of wealth‚ social status‚ military positions‚ or other achievements. When forming our own government‚ the colonists originally rejected a system with a strong ruler such

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    (Brand‚ n.d‚ p. 1). All other “poleis” however used other forms of government strategies although Sparta did practice other forms‚ other than democracy. Five types of leadership styles will be discussed which are; monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy and democracy. According to the Duhaimes Law Dictionary (n.d) monarchy is defined as “a form of government in which law making power is given to a single person‚ usually holding such authority by birthright and not by merit.” This ultimately means

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    Citizens voted for all legal and executive decisions. The best known and most radical democracy in antiquity was the Athenian democracy. In practice‚ due to the economic restrictions to political participation‚ ancient democracies resembled oligarchies in the sense that only the richest citizens‚ the aristocracy‚ were able to run for the highest political offices‚ and they were secretive and controlling of what they presented to be decided by vote in the general assembly. All modern democracies

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    forms of governmental rule during its time in history serves as an excellent beginning point to compare and contrast some of the common structures of government. In my paper I will be briefly describing and discussing monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy as forms of government in ancient Greek city-states and will provide my opinion of the results of those experiments in governmental rule. The Forms of Government in Ancient Greece Monarchies are governments where men known as kings

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    categorizing them to the questions ‘Who rules?’ and ‘who benefits?’ From his studies‚ Aristotle classified six forms of political constitution: DOTMAP DEMOCRACY‚ OLIGARCHY‚ TYRANNY‚ MONARCHY‚ ARISTOCRACY AND POLITY. Aristotle’s purpose was to evaluate these forms of government in order to find the ‘ideal’ constitution. In his view‚ DOT DEMOCRACY‚ OLIGARCHY AND TYRANNY were all bad forms of government as the rulers (whether individuals‚ groups and masses) generally ruled in their own interests and at the expense

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    which is ruled by the single person most fit to rule. The corrupted form of monarchy becomes tyranny. The next regime‚ aristocracy‚ is ruled by a few who possess a certain degree of wealth. And once aristocracy is corrupted it becomes an oligarchy. In an oligarchic regime‚ those few who possess wealth rule with advantage to themselves and others who

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    the American constitution is a mixed constitution. Aristotle stated that for a mixed constitution to work‚ the middle class citizens must be stronger in forms of government than to the rich and the poor. The best mixed constitution would be one of oligarchy and democracy‚ due to the fact that it has the most potential for the good of the people. Aristotle stated in Politic‚ Book Three‚ Part VII‚ “The words constitution and government have the same meaning‚ and the government‚ which is the supreme

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    Bourgeoisie: is defined as the middle class‚ typically referring to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes. However‚ according to Marx‚ it’s defined as the capitalist class who own most of society’s wealth and means of production. Oligarchy: is a form of government in which most of the political power effectively rests with a small segment of society‚ typically the people who have the most wealth‚ military strength‚ ruthlessness or political influence. Monarchy: is a governmental system

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    rule to rule by the people. Because each city-state in ancient Greece possessed its own government‚ some of these types existed other than democracy‚ namely monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy. This essay will compare and contrast the ancient governments‚ namely monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy and democracy in Ancient Greek city states. Democracy surfaced in Greece around 500 B.C. This is what is known as rule by people or rule by all. It was developed by the Athens by K and

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