The city of Sparta was empowered by two kings and was run through a hereditary monarchy during the early 9th Century BC and onwards. The dynasty was continued by a Spartan Kings eldest son. However, even though the kings reigned in superiority, they themselves had limitations and privileges. Despite this, a Spartan King had several important roles which made them an essential part of the Spartan society. These included religious, military and judicial roles.
GEOGRAPHY Greece is a country in southeastern Europe whose peninsula extends from the Balkans into the Mediterranean Sea. It is mountainous, with many gulfs and bays. Forests fill some areas of Greece and much of Greece is stony and suitable only for pasturage. Ancient Greece has three geographical regions: (1) Northern Greece, (2) Central Greece, and (3) The Peloponnese. On the north, the Cambunian range has its highest mountain, the home of the gods, Mt.
Formative Task – Ancient Societies – Sparta. . The Spartans believed that Lycurgus examined all other systems of government and incorporated the best parts to form the Spartans system of government. Polybius and Plato described the Spartan system as a mixed constitution with elements of democracy, oligarchy and monarchy. The inclusion of the two kings was the monarchical element of the constitution.
The Greeks took the Phoenician alphabet and modified it to create the Greek alphabet during the Archaic Period. Greek people were very polytheistic and believed in a plethora of gods who were believed to live on Mount Olympus. Unlike a lot of other newly originating civilizations, Greece had a very well developed political system. Since ancient Greece consisted of several hundreds of independent city-states (poleis) which happened to be a situation unlike most other civilizations were made up of, each polis was governed by its own individual governor. They may have all been run differently, but all of the poleis shared a common religion, language, and culture.
The laws enlisted upon Athens were Draco’s laws, which pitted the wealthy against the poor and started this entire divide between social classes. Following Draco’s laws, the poor citizens had to mortgage parts of their lands to wealthier citizens in exchange for food and seeds for plants. This resolved in many poor citizens enslaving themselves to clear their debts (3). While, Solon’s laws were not as severe and also covered most aspects of society, including: marriage, economy, crime, punishment and politics. Although, Solon’s laws did not establish a democracy, they were a crucial step towards Athenian democracy.
Study Guide: Test on Greece and Rome Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Multiple Choice Exam Keywords: - Homer, The Odyssey - polis an ancient Greek city-state - acropolis means "high city" in Greek, literally city on the extremity and is usually translated into English as Citad - phalanx A compact or close-knit body of people - Socrates, Plato, Aristotle are philosopher and they disagreed with demo. - “The Republic”- form of government in rome before the empire - Idealism (art)- realism - Pericles- a great leader of Athens that ruled/ directed during the Peloponnesian war, died by plague - Delian League- alliance between greek city-states to fight Persia, Athens leader - Peloponnesian war- war between athens and Sparta - Alexander
In Atala the Native Americans worshiped more than one god, and they are very closely related to the Greek gods. They believed that these gods could take on any form and any gender. The Greeks did this to test their hospitality. They both have myths that explain how everything came to be like the gods, and how humans came, and fire, and all things imaginable. For years these myths were passed down orally until somebody decided to write them.
Samuel Fleming AP World History May 10, 2011 Polytheism Polytheism is the doctrine of or belief in more than one god, or in many gods. Most polytheistic religions have certain gods assigned to certain aspects of life. In the ancient Greek religion, for example, the goddess Hera was the god who controlled family and marriage. Polytheism was the most common type of religion in the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. It still lives on today in religions such as Hinduism, Shintoism, and Buddhism.
Both civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome established very well-ordered political practices that significantly influenced the way later governments, such as the ones in Europe and the United States, were organized. The structure of political parties, the formation of divisions within the government, and even politically used words like democracy, monarchy and tyranny all stem from the Romans and Greeks. Even though the Romans adopted several of their political principles from Greece, the number of dissimilarities between the two civilizations were vast. The Greeks and Romans both had political structures that mirrored those of a city-state. Although conversely, the very dissimilar landscape between the two swayed their political growth.
Each city state was self-governed by democracy but had similar traditions and the same Gods as the other city-states. Ancient Greek’s democracy is somewhat similar to the government we have in the United States of America. Greeks would vote for who they wanted to be their leaders. The capital of Greece, Athens, was divided into three classes. The Upper class consisted of males who had been citizens of Athens since they were born.