Another just as important contribution was the development of a constitution. The idea of everyone having equal treatment was as well an ingenious idea that was created by them that would later influence democracy. Many other important things were also contributed to democracy but those were just the minimal and the basic few. The Greeks contributed a lot to democracy. An impeccable example of this is that, “Athenian leader Cleisthens introduced a constitution or plan to govern.”(Mejia’s notes).
Assess the significance of the steps in Athens’ transformation of the Delian League into an Athenian Empire. Athens gradually transformed the Delian League into an Athenian Empire, through its manipulation of the League’s aims and practices. Thucyidides’ Pentacontaetia outlines these steps to empire through paradigms. Thus, these individual steps are representative of other similar activities of Athens and the Delian League. Throughout this process of change, Athens held a grip on the moral validity of its actions, due to the aims and practices, especially the oath, of the Delian League.
This bond lead to Roman citizens to be much more supportive of people, and created an organized society. This way of living lead Rome’s government to being more politically strengthened and less centralized. Han China and Imperial Rome differed in their way of selecting political leaders, but both empires had someone in power to watch over their empires. The Mandate of Heaven and divinity from nature applied when choosing the Han China emperor. Throughout the tears, emperors were chosen from heredity genes.
DBQ essay: Classical comparison Greece more effectively reflects the political, social and economic configuration of the United States than Rome. Both Greece and Rome had political structures similar to that of the U.S., however Greece was more similar overall. In Rome around 137 BC, a common currency was used (7). They minted coins with a picture of what appears to be a person voting. This resembles to the U.S. because the people vote on political leaders and laws.
What is Community Theatre? Community theatre has different roots and functions related to its cultural, social and political setting and its purpose in those specific environments. In some cases it may be that community rituals and stories, often deeply embedded in cultural traditions, are performed as an integral part of defining and celebrating a community’s cultural and spiritual identity. Some of the latter date back for many centuries but continue to be performed in spite of the fact that the factors dealt with within the drama have become objects of heritage rather than contemporary life . Other forms of community theatre have political intent, to inform and energise a community in bringing change or in asserting human rights, Theatre for Development in Africa for example or Purna Chandra Rao’s work in Hyderabad, India supporting peasants’ land rights against rapacious landowners.
Politically, Greece was revolutionary. We consider Greece one of the first to form the democratic government. Democracy was based on the focus of tyrants and Polis. These two ideas of freedom on a political level allows for a better way of life and more rights for its citizens, and is also still influenced still in today’s views of Western civilization. One thing that did change was the way that many of the Greek cities were ruled.
The theater has an very important role in the traditional culture of Bali. Sometimes it mixed with romance or satire and comedy. Humans has evolved a universal capacity, to conceive the world symbolically based on our different environments. We need to learn these symbols to understand other culture, and spread the ideas out socially, in order to transform the world based on these symbols. And Margaret Mead herself is good example that she advocate gender equality and sexual liberation from studying the people in the pacific islands.
Who we are and where we belong are pivotal factors in our sense of place in the world. Both William Shakespeare’s Elizabethan comedy As you like it and Langston Hughes’ poignant 1955 poem I, too explores the individual’s innate desire to connect with the world around them to ascertain a sense of identity and place amoungst the world. However they also delve into the barriers that one faces in navigating this sense of place. The texts accentuate that the notion of belonging is embedded in ideas of relationships, acceptance and identity. Shakespeare’s As you like it explores family’s ability to either demise or strengthen one’s sense of self, thus affecting the way they are able to navigate their place in society.
Primary Source: Aristotle-The Athenian Constitution Define “demes”. Demes were local neighborhoods that were doubted to be created by Cleisthenes, but rather made the basis of his reforms and the root of political organization. As the number of citizens expanded, the demes became more deme-ocratic (democracy). Describe how Cliesthenes “beat” Isagoras and Cleomenes. Cliesthenes won over the people with promises of more citizen rights.
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.