Darian Perid
- Dorian and the Mycenaran people started less with culture of their ancestors and more with the local area
- Government made the transistion from tribal or clan control to more formal governments called City-States
Government
- A polis was made of a city and its surrounding countryside, which would include numerous villlages.
- not all city-states had the same form of govrnment.
Forms of Government
- Monarchy- ruled by king, practiced in Mycenae by 2000 B.C
- Aristocracy- ruled by nobility, social sates and wealth support rulers' authority, practiced in Athen prior to 594 B.C
- Oligarchy- ruled by a small group of citizens, ruling baded on wealth, ability and group controls by the military, Practiced in Sparta by 5000 B.C
- Direct Denicracy- Ruled and based by the cicitizens, majoity rule deicdes vote, practiced in Athen by 500 B.C. (just because you live there doesnt make you a cictizen)
Athens
- About 600 B.C Athens was taking steps towards democracy, were major reforms in 100 years that would eventually lead to democracy starting at 500 B.C
Key Players
- Draco- developed a legal code based on the idea that all Athenians, rich and poor, were equal under law. Had harsh punishments (death). Believed in debt slavery. The word "Draconian" means "extreme cruelty"
- Solon- Sated that no citizen should own another. Oganized Athens into four social classes based on wealth. Only top three classes could hold political office. All four could particioate in the Athenian assembly.
- Cleisthenes- made ten Athens groups based on region instead of wealth. Created the Couincil of Five Hundred - Proposed Laws -Counseled the assembly -Members were chosen at random
limited Democracy
- Free
- Adult
- Property Owner
- Born in Athens
Sparta and Governemt
- Located in southern Greece
- Was cut off from the rest of Greece by the Gulf of Corinth.
- Assembly, all citizens, elected officials and voted on major issues
- Council of elders, 30 older, proposed laws on the assembly to vote on.
- five elected officals that carried out the laws that were passed by the the assembly.
- Two kings ruled over Sparat's military.
Comments