During the Dorian Period
- Change
- During the Dorian period
- Dorian and the Mycenaean people started to identify less with culture of their ancestors and more with the local area
- Gov't made the transition from tribal or clan control to more formal governments called city-states
- During the Dorian period
- Government
- a polis was made up of a city and its surrounding countryside, which would include numerous villages
- citizens of the polis would come together to meet at an acropolis to discuss their city gov't
- not all city-states had the same form of gov't
- Different forms of gov't
- Monarchy
- state ruled by a king
- rule is hereditary
- some rulers claim that they have a divine right to rule
- practice in Mycenae by 2000 BC
- Aristocracy
- state ruled by nobility
- rule is hereditary and based on ties, social rank, wealth
- social status and wealth support rulers' authority
- practiced in Athens prior to 594 BC
- Oligarchy
- state ruled by a small group of citizens
- rule is based on wealth and/or ability
- ruling group controls the military
- practiced in Sparta by 500 BC
- Direct Democracy
- state ruled by the citizens
- rule is based on citizenship
- you have to be born in Athens, you have to be an adult, have to be free, and have to own property
- majority rule decides vote
- practiced in Athens by 500 BC
- Athens
- about the 600 BC, Athens was taking steps towards a democracy
- there were major reforms for the next 100 years that would eventually lead to a democracy starting around 500 BC
- Key players
- Draco
- developed a legal code based on the idea that all Athenians, rich and poor, were equal under law
- he had very harsh punishments for nearly any crime
- he believed in debt slavery
- the word "draconian" has come to mean "extreme cruelty or severity"
- Solon
- stated that no citizen should own another
- organized Athens into four social classes based on wealth
- only top three classes could hold political office
- however, all four could participate in the Athenian assembly
- Cleisthenes
- broke Athens up based on region that the citizens lived instead of wealth. (10 groups)
- He increased the power of the assembly by allowing all citizens to submit laws for debate and passage
- created the Council of Five Hundred
- proposed laws
- counseled the assembly
- members were chosen at random
- Draco
- Limited Democracy
- the reforms allowed for a limited democracy
- however, but all people were citizens
- requirements:
- free
- adult
- property owner
- born in Athens
- Sparta
- located in the southern part of Greece
- was cut off from the rest of Greece by the Gulf of Corinth.
- Spartan Gov't
- Several branches
- assembly, all citizens, elected officials and voted on major issues
- Council of Elders, 30 older citizens, proposed laws on the assembly to vote on
- five elected officials that carried out the law that were passed by the assembly
- two kings that ruled over Sparta's military
- Several branches
- Athens vs Sparta
- compare and contrast
- purpose of education for boys and girls
- responsibilities of citizens and non citizens
- roles of women in society-mine
- opportunities for artistic expression
- military
- compare and contrast
- Monarchy
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