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    system. In some respects it is a little bit like the American government it had a Senate and the people chose who got to be in it. Their government was broken into three parts each of them represented the different types of government monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. The consuls are the group that represents the monarchy. The consuls are in charge of all public affairs. They don’t leave the city very much and they present other kings or visitors to the Senate. All other powers must obey…

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    He proposes that there are six types of governments. He categorizes this government into being “good” and “bad”. The three good governments, according to Aristotle, are aristocracy, polity and monarchy. Aristocracy is the rule by the virtuous few, monarchy is rule by one great leader whose best interest is the good for the community and polity is the rule and polity is the rule by the middle constitutions that involves ruling by a large number…

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    Compare and contrast monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy as forms of government in Ancient Greek city-states. In today’s world democracy is the most popular and encouraged form of government. However in its history, it was given birth to in an era that witnessed the use and implementation of most of its counterparts. I like to call those forms of government, democracy’s predecessors. Even though some or all of them were practiced after democracy came to existence, they were…

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    Vershuer “[distinguishes] between two classes in Heian society: the court aristocracy and the population of commoners including peasants and craftsmen” (324). The dichotomy between the court aristocracy and the commoners oversimplifies the class structure of the Heian society. First of all, it is indispensable to contemplate upon the authorship of the petitions that Vershuer examines in her essay. The petitions she analyzes were written by neither the court aristocrats who went to the provinces…

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    Greece; Monarchy, Aristocracy, Tyranny, Oligarchy, and Democracy. In the following, we will go through the individualistic characteristics that make each governmental system unique or similar. Monarchy Governments that are ruled by a single king or queen is called a monarchy. The king and queen usually rule for life and when they pass away, they…

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    An aristocrat is one of the nobility categories. A society of people with noble birth. In this category, power is held most often as hereditary. The transition is from people of a family. They speak with authority which must not be underestimated by the society. They are esteemed indeed as the flag bearers of the people. Their voicing is an ingredient to the societal problems. Dissolver of even the most insoluble problems. Must the people not cast their confidence in them? Crusades…

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    The fountain motif represents the life of the aristocracy and revolutionaries. the two groups clash with one another for power, freedom, and revenge. In the town of St. Antoine, “the fountain in the village flowed unseen and unheard, and the fountain at the château dropped unseen and unheard” (121). The fountain is the foundation of the town, where it supplies water for the people, which is essential for life. The village represents the poor- also the revolutionaries and the château is…

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    governments types of aristocracy, oligarchy, monarchy, tyranny and democracy in city-states and discuss the similarities and differences of each focusing especially on those that share strong similarities. Aristocracies and oligarchies are both forms of governments that are ruled by a small group of people. In aristocracies that small group is intended to be made up of those that are in the best position to rule, “the morally and intellectually superior” (Aristocracy, 2016). Of…

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    For centuries the people of Europe had been under the strong sway of the aristocracy that existed in European countries, however the development of colonies lead to a different type of aristocracy in the English colonies, the natural aristocracy. Aristocrats had always been the highest social class among European society, thanks to their large amount of wealth that had been passed down from generation to generation. The wealth that was passed down gave these select families massive amounts of…

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    Question: Compare and contrast monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy as forms of government in Ancient Greek city-states. Democracy Democracy is a form of government in which the people have a voice in the exercise of power, typically through elected representatives (Oxford Dictionary). Athens’ constitution is called a democracy because it allows the interests of all people in the system of government not just minority. We have known that the democratic…

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