Athenian democracy

Age, Athens became a powerful center for new ideas. They developed democracy, a new form of government, which gave power to the people. Each Athenian had a different perspective on democracy, ranging from highly supporting and recommending it to preferring other types of government. Plato, Aristotle, and Megabyzos were early Athenian philosophers. They had easy ways to spread their ideas. Each had a strong viewpoint on democracy. After seeing and experiencing the governments around them, they…

governments is based on the ancient Greek concept of the polis. In order to comprehend how the West adopted the principles of democracy in the early modern period, it is integral to build ones understanding of the ideas surrounding the establishment and maintenance of the Polis during the dark and classical ages in Greek history. For instance, prior to the development of democracy in Greek city-states, the poleis went through periods of oligarchical and tyrannical governmental regimes whose…

Alexa Social Studies Faction: Moderate Democracy Period:6-109 Subject: Citizenship The men who were citizens of Athens each had a say in making its laws and were allowed to vote for whatever politicians they wanted in regular elections. A person had to be born in Athens in order to be a citizen. All the citizens decided how the city was run, which was called Democracy. But many people believe that this was not really a democracy because women and children did not have…

Democracy was a revolutionary development of the Ancient Greek society; it was an innovative idea which gave the citizens of Ancient Greece the freedom to participate in the governmental system and contribute in the processes and decisions, this in turn helped Ancient Greece succeed politically and economically. This democratic society, not only helped Greece succeed in the Mediterranean region, but also influenced modern day society in relation to our democratic system. The Ancient Greeks…

Athens established what is generally considered the first democracy in the fifth century before Christ. The revisions of laws, representative justice, and citizen-based law making impacted Athens’ movement from a monarchy to a democracy, influencing the United States’ government today. The Athenian Code of Laws was an important step in the protection of the rights of the individual. In 624 BC, Draco was appointed Archon Eponymos, the leader over the archons, to establish laws for Athens.…

Democracy is a form of government that the superior power is in the people directly or by the ones they elected for free. People all over the world have different beliefs about who invented democracy. Some think America did, others believe the Greeks did, and a few believe that the Native Americans where the real founders. After doing some research and reading a few articles I have come to the conclusion that the Greeks were indeed the original founders of American Democracy. The main reason…

Ancient Athens: the beginning of democracy, even the kind we have today. People, only Greek citizens, (men who have completed military training and were landowners,) could vote in this government. They had control of the government. Athens was the “trial” or “beta” state of democracy. It was even a “fragile experiment.” The government was just starting out! Athenians fought for their precious democracy in the Greco-Persian War. Some citizens chose to fight against the Persians in this war; if…

speech by Pericles to the Athenians. He spoke in favor of the democracy in Athens to show that they were better than other city-states. The city was governed by the people instead of the government, and Pericles described how laudable the structure was. Even though Pericles was from Athens, which may have caused bias, the speech shows that the first democracy was successful and the Athenians were content. Additionally, document 5 describes the building blocks of Athenian democracy, which the…

and slaves to be citizens. Hence only native-born men could have political rights. Also, both the Athenian and Spartan government structures had a people’s assembly which was made of free male citizens. 6. Differences Between Athens and Sparta Governments As it was discussed earlier in above sections, Athens had a form of democratic government. In contrast, the Spartan government differed from Athenian government and most of the other government structures of Greek poleis. Sparta had a unique…

fallacious mindset wherein democracy is thought of as being an invention of the recent age, and an idea about which we can learn very little by appealing to the ancient world which is so rife with stories of empires and conquests. It is Thucydides, however, who really begins to explore and relate back to us the relationship of democracy and empire. At the epicenter of this controversy is an Athenian statesman and demagogue by the name of Cleon, who seems to argue that democracy is bad for…