Athenian and Roman Democracy Athens and Rome had two very different forms of government. These two forms of governing were efficient in their own ways. But success only came to the Roman Republic because of how they managed to keep control of Rome. Basically, the Romans did not let everyone participate in the government. Instead, the people chose officials to represent them.
The Han dynasty also followed the tradition of the Sui dynasty and used civil service exams to appoint government officials which favored the poor and allowed them to move up in the world. There emperor ruled with extreme power and control and there dynasty prospered. The Roman Empire was a republic which relied on the judicial, executive, and a legislative branch just as our government does today. The most powerful governing body in ancient Rome was the Roman senate until the period in time in which Caesar Augustus came to power and became the first emperor of Rome. Rome used its strong military forces to govern its lands and the surrounding territories in which they captured.
Chukwu means “the greater high god.” They believed that Chukwu created other minor gods which they prayed to. You see, the Igbo religion is different than Christianity because Christians would worship to God directly while the Igbo people would worship to the minor gods. There are three main minor Gods they worshipped which are Anyanwu, Igwe, and Ala. These three gods are the main gods people made sacrifices to. Anyanwu is the god of sun, Ala is the Earth goddess and Igwe is their sky god.
It states that elections should be held every two years. This was meant to obviously keep up with the populace ideals. Because you need to hold relatively frequent elections to truly capture what the people want, and if you had these Representatives growing old in the house without elections the people lose their voice and the government becomes an Aristocracy. Then, as far as who qualifies for the position the states and federal government compromise. For, every state is a Republic as guaranteed by the Constitution, and every state has its own form of House of Representatives and Senate.
The Senate of Rome had most control over the citizens. Han China did not allow lower class citizens to have a say on how the empire was ruled; while, Imperial Rome had a senate to represent their plebeian’s or ordinary people. Another difference between the Han China and Imperial Rome was that the emperor of Han China had been chosen through the family and the citizens of Imperial Rome chose their ruler. Han China and Imperial Rome emphasized territorial expansion in both of their societies. They perceived threats to security; this led to war and then increased the length of border.
Religious Cults and Christianity during the Roman Empire Religion during the Roman Empire played a key role in society at both the State and individual levels. The pantheon of Roman gods and goddesses demanded worship, respect, and offerings with minimal remuneration while creating a separation between aristocracy and the poor. As Christianity emerged and made its way into Roman society, it changed the understanding of religion by demanding monotheistic worship, but provided comfort to its followers and a novel remuneration of eternal salvation. Christianity helped decrease the gap between the classes and brought unity to society through its principle of loving every person like a brother and Jesus’ statement, “…many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first” (King James Version, Matthew 19:3). During the early Roman Republic, Romans began to adopt religion from the Latin and Greek cultures.
Politically, Rome was a republic. This is very akin to a democracy. In the beginning the Patricians held all the spots in the Senate. The Senate is the branch of the government that was considered the legislative law-making body. They also had two consuls that were chosen from the Senate, who were also Patricians.
Citizens of ancient Egypt believed in many gods all through the Old Kingdom. Some of these gods were Anubis, Set, Osiris, Isis, and Horus. Egyptians worshiped these gods with animal sacrifices and with incense and many demonstrations where citizens bared the image of the god from one place to another. Citizens believed that all of Egypt belonged to the gods, and that the Pharaoh was the ambassador on earth of the gods and so all in Egypt rather belonged to the Pharaoh. (Quirke, S.) For example, Horus, the sky god, had the head of a hawk and body of a human.
The indigenous persons though lived sacred spiritual lives, as they practiced nature worship, ancestry worship as well as protective magic. The indigenous groups practiced polytheism which is the belief and worship of many gods. They had faith in a male sky god and a female earth goddess among many others, as well as their prior ancestors who would have passed away. Each of these idols were represented by a zemi (fig.4), w hich were made from materials such as wood, bone and shells. One of the rules Christopher Columbus had from Queen Isabella (fig.5) is that he must spread the Catholic faith wherever his ship may dock.
The Federal government is one in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments. Great Britain is a unitary government; the Parliament holds all the power of the British government. The advantage to a unitary government is uniform policies, laws, political, enforcement, and administration throughout the country. The central government can settle all problems and they don’t have to worry about state government interfering. The central government can create local governments if they are overloaded with work.