The geography of Greece effected the Greek civilization greatly. Ancient Greece’s land wasn’t the easiest to live on. It wasn’t very fertile which didn’t give the Greeks much food. They had to find other ways to get food. The land also consisted of many hills and mountains that separated the land. This created the problem of unity in the country The land of ancient Greece was surrounded by water from three sides, otherwise known as a peninsula. They were surrounded by salt water, which they…
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…
Athens is not democratic. Athens is thought to be the first government to use democracy. We are going to examine what doesn't make Athens a democracy, and examine all of the facts that support this opinion. We will discuss the population, the Athenian constitution, and the opinions of experts. The opinions of experts are some of the most trustworthy sources available. One source is from Professor Hansen, a professor of philology and classics at the University of Copenhagen, and is considered a…
governments we must first understand what distinguished each form from another. For this paper we will look at the 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…
government that were found in the various city states across ancient Greece, including tyranny, monarchy, oligarchy, aristocracy and democracy. An attempt has been made to sort these forms of government according to how harsh they were on the population in general but like ice cream, each of these forms comes in different flavors (Me, 2016). Some tyrannies could have been more liberal than some oligarchies, some monarchies could have been more oppressive than some tyrannies, etc. The final…
government in Ancient Greek city-states. The five forms of government are; Monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy. Let's start with the statement that Isocrates makes (Halsall, 1999) about Spartans being "subject to oligarchy at home, to kingship on campaign". Tells us that there was a contrast in how Spartans treated other Spartans and how they treated those they conquered. Oligarchy can be thought of as a rule of businessmen where a kingship can be thought of as a…
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 one man. This can be a weakness especially if a bad decision is made, resulting in a negative impact. In ancient Greece, the Aristocracy was a class of wealthy citizens who had political rights, and held…
Sparta was built on military. Each political government was formed and ruled by different Greek political structures. Monarchy was ruled by a king. Aristocracy ruled by a small group of nobles, landowning families usually wealthy families. Oligarchy was ruled by a few powerful people that became dissatisfied with the aristocratic rule. Tyrants usually nobles…
order and civility, there needed to be certain officials that held power to make these city-states safe, and make proper decisions that benefitted them. Five of the major forms of government that once played a part in ancient Greece were Tyranny, Oligarchy, Democracy, Monarchy, and Aristocracy. Many associate the example of Queen Elizabeth when they hear the word “Monarchy”. Simply put, Monarchy is where royalty rules. Once promoted by Rome and Hellenistic kings, Monarchy was established by…
view on how they ran society was very different while their militaries had some things in common. A big difference was their government, Spartans had an oligarchy while as Athens had a democracy. The government was very important for both of the city states, and had very different ideas on how to run their state. Sparta was run by an oligarchy or a small group of people having control over the state. In this case Sparta was run by two hereditary…