CHAPTER 5 • Section 2
... the Spartans demanded half of the helots’ crops. In about 650 B.C., the Messenians, resentful of the Spartans’ harsh rule, revolted. The Spartans, who were outnumbered eight to one, just barely put down the revolt. Shocked at their vulnerability, they dedicated themselves to making Sparta a strong c ...
... the Spartans demanded half of the helots’ crops. In about 650 B.C., the Messenians, resentful of the Spartans’ harsh rule, revolted. The Spartans, who were outnumbered eight to one, just barely put down the revolt. Shocked at their vulnerability, they dedicated themselves to making Sparta a strong c ...
File prologue
... Decline of agriculture and poor harvests Invasions from the Goths, Vandals, Franks, Huns and Ostrogoths Interference by military generals in government Difficulty of ruling such a large empire Ineffective emperors more concerned with pleasurable lives than ...
... Decline of agriculture and poor harvests Invasions from the Goths, Vandals, Franks, Huns and Ostrogoths Interference by military generals in government Difficulty of ruling such a large empire Ineffective emperors more concerned with pleasurable lives than ...
Constitution of Athens
... are ‘forced’ to make some choices; but usually, we don’t want to bear the consequences of not making those choices, i.e. we don’t want to pay the price. We then say we are ‘forced’, even when we are completely free to choose. The Athenians wanted to ally with Persia, and when they saw that democracy ...
... are ‘forced’ to make some choices; but usually, we don’t want to bear the consequences of not making those choices, i.e. we don’t want to pay the price. We then say we are ‘forced’, even when we are completely free to choose. The Athenians wanted to ally with Persia, and when they saw that democracy ...
Did the Ancient Greeks Know of Collective Tyranny?
... individual violating the existing norms and laws, but not as a proponent of any particular social, political, national or quasi-religious idea, because to him, power is an end in itself. A closer look at particular tyrannical regimes in ancient Greece, both archaic and classical, reveals, however, ...
... individual violating the existing norms and laws, but not as a proponent of any particular social, political, national or quasi-religious idea, because to him, power is an end in itself. A closer look at particular tyrannical regimes in ancient Greece, both archaic and classical, reveals, however, ...
AP World History Document Based Question: Greek Democracy
... polity (political system) which in name merely was hailed as the most impartial and the mildest of governments, while in practice showing itself the opposite to those who lived under it, nor one which trained the citizens in such fashion that they looked upon insolence as democracy, lawlessness as l ...
... polity (political system) which in name merely was hailed as the most impartial and the mildest of governments, while in practice showing itself the opposite to those who lived under it, nor one which trained the citizens in such fashion that they looked upon insolence as democracy, lawlessness as l ...
History 105C: Civ I
... Hebrews derived meaning from their experiences during the Exodus, the Hebrew kingdoms, and the Babylonian Captivity. 3) Empires have had both positive and negative effects in human history. Discuss the Sumerian, Hebrew, Assyrian, Persian, and Greek empires- which ones were the most beneficial and wh ...
... Hebrews derived meaning from their experiences during the Exodus, the Hebrew kingdoms, and the Babylonian Captivity. 3) Empires have had both positive and negative effects in human history. Discuss the Sumerian, Hebrew, Assyrian, Persian, and Greek empires- which ones were the most beneficial and wh ...
Greek Democracy Reading
... as archon, Solon cancelled all agricultural debts and announced that all slaves were free. He also passed constitutional reforms that divided Athenian subjects into four classes based on their annual agricultural production rather than birth. Members of the three highest orders could hold public off ...
... as archon, Solon cancelled all agricultural debts and announced that all slaves were free. He also passed constitutional reforms that divided Athenian subjects into four classes based on their annual agricultural production rather than birth. Members of the three highest orders could hold public off ...
Democracy - Cloudfront.net
... It is made up of many small islands As a result the Greeks became good sailors and traders, they met many different people and shared ideas. City-States (or small localized gov’ts) developed as a result of people living on the islands B/C there weren’t many resources on the islands, many city-states ...
... It is made up of many small islands As a result the Greeks became good sailors and traders, they met many different people and shared ideas. City-States (or small localized gov’ts) developed as a result of people living on the islands B/C there weren’t many resources on the islands, many city-states ...
Democracy - Cloudfront.net
... It is made up of many small islands As a result the Greeks became good sailors and traders, they met many different people and shared ideas. City-States (or small localized gov’ts) developed as a result of people living on the islands B/C there weren’t many resources on the islands, many city-states ...
... It is made up of many small islands As a result the Greeks became good sailors and traders, they met many different people and shared ideas. City-States (or small localized gov’ts) developed as a result of people living on the islands B/C there weren’t many resources on the islands, many city-states ...
handout
... ________________ in any direct way. Women did play an important role in religion as ________________. II. In 510, the city-state of Athens became a constitutional ________________. The 9 archons (=_____________) were chosen by lot. The ________________ of all male citizens made the laws, the Council ...
... ________________ in any direct way. Women did play an important role in religion as ________________. II. In 510, the city-state of Athens became a constitutional ________________. The 9 archons (=_____________) were chosen by lot. The ________________ of all male citizens made the laws, the Council ...
File
... contract that he will do as . . . [the laws] command him.” In Plato’s Laws, his last book, he summarizes his stance on the rule of law: Where the law is subject to some other authority and has none of its own, the collapse of the state, in my view, is not far off; but if law is the master of the gov ...
... contract that he will do as . . . [the laws] command him.” In Plato’s Laws, his last book, he summarizes his stance on the rule of law: Where the law is subject to some other authority and has none of its own, the collapse of the state, in my view, is not far off; but if law is the master of the gov ...
4-3 Athens and Sparta (Part 2) screencast sheet
... • The situation created violence and social chaos that ultimately toppled the power of the aristocracy • In their place, ___________ took power over the city. A tyrant is someone who ________________ ____________________________________________________________________. • Four successive tyrants rule ...
... • The situation created violence and social chaos that ultimately toppled the power of the aristocracy • In their place, ___________ took power over the city. A tyrant is someone who ________________ ____________________________________________________________________. • Four successive tyrants rule ...
Was Julius Caesar a Tyrant or a Hero? From 49 BCE
... two categories of bad and good. Was Julius Caesar a bad tyrant or a good hero? For something that happened so long ago I believe it is important for the reason that we might be able to categorize tyrannous dictators and dictators that are good for their countries into groups that may need to be acte ...
... two categories of bad and good. Was Julius Caesar a bad tyrant or a good hero? For something that happened so long ago I believe it is important for the reason that we might be able to categorize tyrannous dictators and dictators that are good for their countries into groups that may need to be acte ...
Group 1 Ancient and Classic Greece: Geography: Greece`s
... Lycurgus Reforms" gave rise to the well known 'spartan lifestyle' consisting of rigidly controlled military type service from an early age to 60 for males -Spartan women held much more power than their counterparts in other states and for the most part upheld similar values to the men -The state was ...
... Lycurgus Reforms" gave rise to the well known 'spartan lifestyle' consisting of rigidly controlled military type service from an early age to 60 for males -Spartan women held much more power than their counterparts in other states and for the most part upheld similar values to the men -The state was ...
The Fifth-Century Enlightenment
... Form over Substance (Gorgianic simile and antithesis) Tradition of Impiety Trials at Athens (Anaxagoras, Diagoras, Socrates, Aspasia, Protagoras) Tool in Athenian factional politics? Fabricated charge of intellectuals in response to condemnation and execution of Socrates? ...
... Form over Substance (Gorgianic simile and antithesis) Tradition of Impiety Trials at Athens (Anaxagoras, Diagoras, Socrates, Aspasia, Protagoras) Tool in Athenian factional politics? Fabricated charge of intellectuals in response to condemnation and execution of Socrates? ...
Greek Democracy
... • Dark Age: Aristocrats realized that kings needed $. More power against invaders. Oligarchy. Toward DEMOCRACY • 600 BCE: Farmers in serious debt(markers) Food scarce. Aristocrats good, middle class, no voice. • SOLON ...
... • Dark Age: Aristocrats realized that kings needed $. More power against invaders. Oligarchy. Toward DEMOCRACY • 600 BCE: Farmers in serious debt(markers) Food scarce. Aristocrats good, middle class, no voice. • SOLON ...
The Greek City States - White Plains Public Schools
... Life in the Polis. The agora, or marketplace, was the center of life in the polis. All trading took place there. Society was composed of three groups: free adult males, who were citizens with political rights; women, children, and resident foreigners, free but without rights; and slaves. Men dominat ...
... Life in the Polis. The agora, or marketplace, was the center of life in the polis. All trading took place there. Society was composed of three groups: free adult males, who were citizens with political rights; women, children, and resident foreigners, free but without rights; and slaves. Men dominat ...
Notes to Support
... • Draco claimed that this was an appropriate punishment and if something even worse were found, he would have applied to greater crimes. • Different classes were also treated differently – debtors could be sold into slavery if in debt to a higher class. • An upside is that murder was punished by ...
... • Draco claimed that this was an appropriate punishment and if something even worse were found, he would have applied to greater crimes. • Different classes were also treated differently – debtors could be sold into slavery if in debt to a higher class. • An upside is that murder was punished by ...
Greek Government - Washington
... settlements were separated from one another. • Over time these settlements became known as cities to the people who lived in them. • Each city had its own army, and its own money. They each even had their own government. ...
... settlements were separated from one another. • Over time these settlements became known as cities to the people who lived in them. • Each city had its own army, and its own money. They each even had their own government. ...
Four Reformers
... • Draco claimed that this was an appropriate punishment and if something even worse were found, he would have applied to greater crimes. • Different classes were also treated differently – debtors could be sold into slavery if in debt to a higher class. • An upside is that murder was punished by the ...
... • Draco claimed that this was an appropriate punishment and if something even worse were found, he would have applied to greater crimes. • Different classes were also treated differently – debtors could be sold into slavery if in debt to a higher class. • An upside is that murder was punished by the ...
Lycurgan Sparta
... Hipparchus assassinated (514 BCE) Tyranny overthrown with Spartan assistance (510 BCE) Cleisthenes’ reforms (508 BCE) ...
... Hipparchus assassinated (514 BCE) Tyranny overthrown with Spartan assistance (510 BCE) Cleisthenes’ reforms (508 BCE) ...
Plato and Aristotle on Tyranny and the Rule of Law: Retrieved from
... he “has entered into an implied contract that he will do as . . . [the laws] command him.” In Plato’s Laws, his last book, he summarizes his stance on the rule of law: Where the law is subject to some other authority and has none of its own, the collapse of the state, in my view, is not far off; but ...
... he “has entered into an implied contract that he will do as . . . [the laws] command him.” In Plato’s Laws, his last book, he summarizes his stance on the rule of law: Where the law is subject to some other authority and has none of its own, the collapse of the state, in my view, is not far off; but ...
Homer – The Iliad and The Odyssey Homer – The Iliad and The
... The Spartans isolated themselves from other Greeks. They looked down on trade and wealth, forbade their own citizens to travel, and had little use for new ideas or the arts. While other Greeks admired the Spartans' military skills, no other city-state imitated their rigorous way of life. “Spartans a ...
... The Spartans isolated themselves from other Greeks. They looked down on trade and wealth, forbade their own citizens to travel, and had little use for new ideas or the arts. While other Greeks admired the Spartans' military skills, no other city-state imitated their rigorous way of life. “Spartans a ...
World History Greece pt1
... group, not necessarily members of the nobility, rules an oligarchy. ◦ 2. Solon—let all Athenian citizens participate in assembly; Cleisthenes—created the Council of Five Hundred ◦ 3. Athens gained power & prestige and used it to dominate other city-states ◦ 4. Spartans focused on military; Athenians ...
... group, not necessarily members of the nobility, rules an oligarchy. ◦ 2. Solon—let all Athenian citizens participate in assembly; Cleisthenes—created the Council of Five Hundred ◦ 3. Athens gained power & prestige and used it to dominate other city-states ◦ 4. Spartans focused on military; Athenians ...