Today in class we learned about ancient Greece forms of government that led to the rise of democracy. We took notes on a power point that I will type later. If I was one of the people that was about to be turned into a debt slave, then I would just dip before I get forced into something. I would run, sneak on a boat (have some of my money ofc), and then move to whatever place the boat takes me (Hopefully an island). Anyways here are some of the notes I took today:
- polis: fundamental political unit, made up of a city and the surrounding countryside (politics)
- monarchy: rule by a single person (a king, in Greece)
- aristocracy: rule by a small group of noble, very rich, landowning families
- oligarchy: wealthy groups, dissatisfied with aristocratic rule, who seized power (often with military help)
- tyrant: powerful individual who seized control by appealing to the common people for support
- the 7th and 6th centuries BCE, aristocrats ran the show in most of Greece
- Aristocrats: members of the ruling class
- attended symposiums (meetings where the elite men would enjoy wine and poetry, performances by dancers and acrobats, and the company of hetaeras {courtesans or servants} while discussing politics)
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