City-state

Africa, beginning in 3,500 - 3,000 B.C.E. Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations both had similar religious beliefs, however their environment and culture, interaction and exchange, and city-states were different. Egyptians operated under a centralized government while, the Mesopotamians had self-controlled city-state governments. (Strayer, 82-83) The environment of each civilization was different, which may have been the reason for they developed well defined political and religious beliefs.…

1.1 The key political differences between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire were as follows; the Greek cities govern themselves and had different ideas as how they treated the people within their own city. For example, the Sparta was ruled by two hereditary kings in conjunction with elected board of advisors. Corinth was governed by a mercantile oligarchy, and Athens by constitutional democracy. Whereas the Persian encompassed disparate cultures and people. The Persians allowed…

land which was previously unheard of in other greek city-states. Girls were given and education but also were trained in wrestling, gymnastics, and were taught to fight. They believed that strong woman made strong children. They were closer to the age of their husbands unlike other greek city-states. They were given a husband at the age of 18-20. Woman could own land due to the fact that the men were always away. They needed some way to keep the city running so woman started running Sparta in a…

separate and independent city-states called the Polis. Through Polis, each state was allowed to form its own rules and govern its people. States such as Athens and Sparta evolved into Greek Polis, and they developed their own unique systems that significantly impacted Greek history. The Spartan developed into a military state, oligarchy, where they completely focus on military training and excellence. In contrast to Sparta, Athens formed a democracy which united the entire city and allowed all…

Athens and Sparta were two city-states in the land of Ancient Greece. In fact, they were the largest of them all. Athens was a very calm and creative city who was known for thriving in politics and economy. They were also very laid back. In Athens, you could get a good education and major in whichever subject you chose. Focusing on scholastics, they allowed serving in the military to be a choice, not a requirement. However, Sparta was a very strict city that is remembered especially for their…

united them by language and broader religious beliefs. It is this inconsistency, the distinct city-state and the overwhelming Greek identity that conceived ancient Greece’s undeniable impact on modern civilization in the form of a unified Greek alphabet, astronomy, architecture, and a diverse mythology. The…

In ancient Greece, there were many places that were powerful in their own right. Athens and Sparta were two such city-states, but their ways of life were highly different. Athens was one of the world’s first well-known democratic cities, while Sparta was a place of militant oligarchy. Athens’s political system consisted of three levels of government. At the bottom of the bureaucratic hierarchy was the Ekklesia, the assembly of the people. The Ekklesia was made up of only males of Athenian…

foundations of memory within social and political thought, but are profoundly influenced by the past. Hannah Arendt describes memory in The Human Condition (1958) as originating in human action, spurred in the realm of the polis – the Ancient Greek city state – as a space of organized remembrance. Arendt suggests that the polis as a space of organized remembrance can help improve the frailty of human affairs – as it offers an opportunity for good words and deeds to be preserved by the historian…

literature, sinking cities have become a reoccurring image that have appeared in numerous works. Many authors take advantage of historical cities that have sunken or created new cities of their own to demolish in their works. A large debate is centralized around the setting in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The City in the Sea.” Analysis of the poem has led people to multiple conclusions, most commonly to the city of Babylon. While a great deal of evidence points to the city being based on Babylon, the city…

Introduction Greece’s culture was made up of many different societies that made it so diverse. From the artistic and cultural hub of Athens, to the militaristic and brutal polis of Sparta. There were many more poleis in between both which, even though belittled by Sparta and Athens, triumphed in creating their own governmental structures. There were five main types of governmental structures in Ancient Greece; Monarchy, Aristocracy, Tyranny, Oligarchy, and Democracy. In the following, we will go…