Democracy In Ancient Greece
The Greeks were very advanced for their time. They realized that they
need a new form of government and they were able to invent the first democratic
government in the world. The democracy that the Greeks came up with was based
on two important factors. The first one was the population growth in Athens
grew at a very fast rate. The second was the advocating of political, economic,
and legal equality for all which some male citizens remembered from the living
conditions in the Dark Ages. The Greek system of Democracy did have its shares
of problems though.
The Greek system of democracy was ruled by a body of nine elected
officials whom were called archons. These men who were ...
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have not always been as what they had expected to have been. Many of the
lower classes were treated very unfairly and rulers lost popularity to the lower
classes. Civil war was even about to break out at one point due to Draco's
codes and laws.
When civil war almost broke out in Athens the codes and laws were once
again revamped. This time a pathway was attempted to be laid down that would
accommodate both the upper and the lower classes. In the end four classes were
developed to rank ...
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