Wednesday Sseptember 5, 2012

[4thHannah]

• Doria Period • Change o Dorian and Mycenaean people started to identify less with culture of their ancestors and more with the local areas o Gov. made the transition form the tribal or clan control to more formal gov. called city- states • Goverbment o A polis was made up of a city o Citizens came together to meet as am acropolis to discuss theie gov. • Monarchy o State ruled by a king o Rule is hereditary o Some rulers claim that they have to divine right(called by God) to rule o Practiced in Mycenae by 2000BC • Aristocracy o State ruled by nobility o Heredity and based on ties, social rank, and wealth o Social status and wealth support rulers o In Athens prios to 594 BC • Oligarchy o Stated by ruling by a small group of citizens o Rule is based on wealth and or ability o Ruling controls the military o Practiced in Sparta by 500 BC • Direct Democracy o State ruled by the citizens o Rule based on citizenship o Majority rules decides vote o Practiced in Athens by 500BC o Citizenship-just because you live in Athens doesn’t make you a Citizens • Athens o They were taking steps to a democracy o There were major reforms for the next 100 years that would eventually lead to a democracy starting around 500 BC • Key Players o Draco o Thought at all Athenians were equal under law o He had harsh punishments for nearly any crime o He believed in debt slavery o Draconian came means extreme cruelty or severity • Solon o Solon  No citizen should own another  Social class on wealth o Cleisthenes o Broke Athens up based on region that the citizens live din wealth o Council of Five Hundred  Proposed Laws  Counseled the assembly  Members were chosen at random • Limited Democracy o All citizens had to have these requirements  Free  Adults  Property Owner  Born in Athens • Sparta o Southern part of Greece o Was cut off from the rest of Greece o Athens and Sparta didn’t usually meet o Two very separate views from Athens o Government  Assembly of citizens, elected officers and voted major events  Council of Elders  5 elected officers that carried laws  Two Kings that ruled Sparta Military