No individual source of power had ever dominated Greece and come to centralize it. There were two city states, Athens and Sparta, that had dominated greater power in Greece, but both places did not have the same source of power, mainly because their locations had limited them to dominate complete supremacy. Athens had access to the seas and therefore had dominated sea fare with the strongest military fleet while Sparta had become the dominant military land-power, since they had been a militaristic society. Other than geographical power, political power also differentiated between the polis. Each had a very strong sense of individualism, and even when they had bonded for a short period of time, such as during the Persian invasion, they had quickly divided once again.
Why do we hear, from antiquity itself, more said against than for Athenian democracy? The word democracy or democratic, comes from two Greek words: a noun, demos which means ''people'' and a verb, kratein, which means ''to rule''. It’s basic meaning is ''government by the people" or "rule by the ruled.”. Democracy was created and initially used in 5th Century Athens. While democracy is viewed as a positive concept in modern day Europe, in ancient Greece it was constantly debated and opposed by many, including oligarchs and philosophers.
In reality Athenian democracy is a complete mockery of itself by not abiding by the ‘guidelines of democracy.’(i.e. for the people by the people). Although Athenian Democracy has its flaws it also has positives, during the time of democratic Athens, Athens was at its height of wealth, it was the most knowledgeable state in ancient Greece, Athens was the centre point of the time. Athenian democracy worked in many ways, with the extent of the voting systems Athens was able to vote quite accurately and thoroughly. At the time of democratic Athens a very influential figure took the chance of becoming a king in a democratic society, Pericles in some ways he achieved what he set out to do, Pericles had a great influence on the Athenian democracy, a great example of his influence is his funeral oration or his famed building programme.
Athens and Sparta were both prominent city-states of ancient Greece that rivaled in their traditions. Despite being geographically close together, the two city-states took different paths as they evolved over time. Athens and Sparta were similar culturally, but they were very different politically. One of the two largest city-states of Greek differed in was their politics. Sparta thrived under its' geographic isolation.
Hellenic Athens and Sparta The barbaric stereotypes people think of when referring to the Spartan society makes the Athenian civilization seem to correspond to our modern society. However, the savage imagery we conceive of the Spartans prevents the exploration of their civility. Even though they did have an extremely militaristic state of mind, they also had an incredibly well organized government system. Politically, socially, and culturally, the two Hellenic city-states of Greece had many differences, but simultaneously were very similar. In the eighth century B.C.E., Hellenic Athens was an oligarchic government.
The Spartans formed a very complex government mixing democracy and oligarchy, and this form of government was a model for other poleis. The government was made up of three parts, the kingship which was unique in that there were two kings, the Gerousia (the council of elders), the Ephorate, and the Assembly. The kingship in Sparta was shared by two kings. These kings inherit their position. They share equal powers and hold responsibilities for life.
Sparta was a warrior society in ancient Greece that reached the height of its power after defeating rival city-state Athens in the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.). Spartan culture was centered on loyalty to the state and military service. At age 7, Spartan boys entered a rigorous state-sponsored education, military training and socialization program. Known as the Agoge, the system emphasized duty, discipline and endurance. Although Spartan women were not active in the military, they were educated and enjoyed more status and freedom than other Greek women.
Although it regulates most of these utilities, the PUCT has little power in companies that are not state governed investor-owned utilities. Local Co-ops and municipal utilities don’t fall under the category so the PUC has little to no power over them. This means they receive little to no regulation from the Texas Public Utility Commission. A cooperative is a not-for-profit rural utility that’s run by a group of people called the consumer board. They purchase electricity or natural gas for the entire co-op service area, and because of the democratic nature of these cooperatives, they are mostly exempted from the public utility commission’s regulatory power.
The Greeks and the Persians both possessed amazing societies. The two cultures were linked by land, and by the common shipping area of the Mediterranean, but despite their close proximity, the nations differed in a multitude of ways. Perhaps the most obvious differences between the two was the structure of their governments. The Greek government was made up of a variety of city-states all with separate forms of lordship and all with a loose loyalty to one another(Part 1: The City-State and Sparta). Athens, one of the strongest city-states, was known as the first democracy, and was ruled by the people(Lecture 10: the beginnings of democracy).
Although black men had some rights, not many were allowed to them. This proves how people the black race were somewhat free in the 186Os. (Evidence proven is cited from Document A] Social freedom is another example of how the black men were considered somewhat free in 186O. In this time period, the white race claimed that black men should be able to be free to live and to thrive, and to pay taxes and perform duties. But, they weren’t permitted to dine or drink at the whites’ board (table), to vote or have jury duty, to be an aid to a sick individual, to mingle in various gathering places, or to marry with their daughters..