Monarchy Aristocracy Tyranny and Democracy Essay

Typically in a monarchy, a King or a Queen from a royal dynasty heads this form of government, and sometimes has absolute powers. Democratic Athens had no monarchs in the real sense of the word, but Sparta had two kings. This was not a true monarchy. Both kings ruled together, and with powers limited by the Ephors and Gerousia, they were more of figureheads. Arriving at decisions in both a monarchy and a tyranny would be faster than in a democracy or an oligarchy, because that function lies with…

historian, once said, “Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.” When we look to city-states Athens and Sparta, their government and history of war, do we see where this quote offers truth? Let’s look at each trait separately to see the differences and commonalities Athens and Sparta share in their forms of government. Monarchy Although there was a time when there were over 1500 city-states, not all were under monarchy…

in the hands of one person, in either a Monarchy or a Tyranny, in the hands of a few, in an Oligarchy or an Aristocracy and lastly, in the hands of every single male citizen, as seen in a Democracy. Last week we became somewhat familiar with Ancient Athenian government and the roles it played in introducing the concept of Democracy to the world. However, the concept of Athenian Democracy didn’t form until after it was governed by the hands of an Aristocracy. Athens and a multitude of other…

Written Assignment by Samanta Komonaj Introduction Monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy and democracy were words that were coined by the Greeks to describe several forms of government. The Greek political system can be traced back to Athens and Sparta, two cities in Greece that was considered as the birth of civilization. This paper will compare and contrast the five forms of government in the ancient Greek city-states. Monarchy Monarchy comes from two Greek words “monos” meaning…

systems such as: oligarchy, monarchy, tyranny, democracy, aristocracy etc. A monarchy is a rule by one king whose power was hereditary. Monarchy started in ancient Greece approximately around 2000 BC. (Kokemuller, 2015). Famous monarchy states were Macedonia, Corinth and Epeiros. In this government system, king had complete power though some of them were benevolent to the people and shared limited power in the Assembly. After 700 BC no monarchy was remain in Greece. Aristocracy means…

descriptions of government and how they related to Ancient Greece. The term monarchy refers to absolute power, usually, lying with one individual. The king or queen inherits power through the dynastic family lineage (Kostiner, n.d.). Sparta was an example of this, but unusual in the fact it was a dual monarchy born out of two family lines descending from the twin sons of Aristodemus (Halsall, 1999). Sparta was not an absolute monarchy however as significant powers lay away from the two kings,…

of governments throughout its history. The five mentioned are monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy. Now, in a broad sense, most of the city-states transitioned through all these, in this order. However, this was not consistent, and all systems of government were in place during the history of Ancient Greece. We will start by discussion the first type of government, monarchy, and move from there. (Brand, n.d.) Monarchy, according to Merriam Webster, is "a country that is…

Monarchy: In ancient Greece, hereditary monarchy was rare. Where a polis had a king, they were usually what we would call a ‘constitutional’ monarchy. That is, some assembly shared the power with the king. Sparta was notable in that they had 2 kings. In this way, 1 king could lead the Spartan army off to war, while the other remained at home keeping the state functioning. When not at war, a bureaucracy consisting of ephors, gerousia, and the citizen assembly check the kings from getting out…

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…

obvious reasons, others can carry a tremendous amount of prejudice in today’s world. In most of the Western World, however, democracy is considered the best form of government. While some can point flaws and problems with this kind of government, it’s defended by many. According to Churchill, “no one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time…”…