Ancient Greece

The treatment of women in ancient societies was the same in nearly every ancient civilization. The majority of ancient Greece, especially Athens, was no exception. The treatment of women in Athens was the same as every other Greek city-state, except Sparta. Women’s rights in Athens and Sparta were completely different for a short period of time before it returned to how it was before Sparta conquered Messenia. Women in Sparta had rights women everywhere else in Ancient Greece, especially Athens, didn’t

In ancient Greece, they didn't see themselves as one country. They saw themselves as individual city-states. Each city-state had its own laws, army, money and its own form of government. There were 5 types of government in ancient Greece within the city state. There was Monarchy, Aristocracy, Oligarchy, Tyranny, and Democracy. Monarchy is when one person inherits power. From about 2000BC to 800BC most Greek city-states were ruled by a monarchy. Usually, a monarchy is run by a king or possibly

Democracy first appeared in Ancient Greece, in the political hive known as Athens. It soon caught on and was widely used by the whole Greek country. Granted, there were some opposers, such as Plato. Plato thought that everything about the idea of Democracy was just complete HE THOROUGHLY DISLIKED DEMOCRACY BECAUSE IT WAS HIS OWN OPINION. The reasoning behind that thinking? He thought that letting the Citizens decide would be giving the power to the masses and they’d use it for personal matters other

The period of Ancient Greece after Alexander the Great is called Hellenistic Greece. Hellenistic means, relating to Greek history, language, and culture from the death of Alexander the Great to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian in 31 BC. The city-states throughout Greece began to fall apart. The empire that was built by Alexander was prorated amidst his generals of the time. The new areas began to quarrel with one

If you time travel back to the time of Ancient Greece, you will notice many things that are different from now, including the type of government in their society. If you go to say, the City of Athens around 500 B.C.E you'll find they have a Democracy that's a bit different than the one we have today in the United States. Demokratia or rule of the people was introduced by Cleisthenes a noble Athenian Leader. For about one hundred years Athens was a direct democracy, unlike the United States that has

the many wonders Ancient Greece had to offer. However, one of the most memorable creations of Ancient Greece would have to be Greek mythology. These myths included hundreds of stories and teachings that would have a lasting effect on Greek culture for centuries to come. When taking a deeper look into some of these myths, one may notice gender and sexual behavior to be themes that occur quite frequently. One also cannot help but notice that some social conditions in Ancient Greece, such as the importance

In this essay two Ancient Greek city states (polies) will be compared and contrasted showing how despite their differences, they both rose to become predominating powers. Ancient Greece consisted of many small city-states, two of which were Athens and Sparta. Athens was considered the center of fine arts, music, and educational opportunities. Sparta was known for its outstanding military strength and tactical abilities at war. Life for a Spartiate was comprised of constant training and conditioning

have had their time and place in form of government in Ancient Greek city-state. Each concentrated on a very different mix between individual leader and group voting on every decision a city-states took. Monarchy in ancient Greece was rare, very good example at the time was Macedonia. In which ruler shard their power with assembly, similar to Sparta however there two kings shared their rule with assembly. Mainly monarchy in ancient Greece distinguished between total monarchy and making decision

City-states in Ancient Greek over the years had different types or forms of governments, some of the poleis had improved theirs for the better and others for the worse! We can distinguish Democracy from the others since it is the only form that gave the power for people while monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, and oligarchy were shared that the power is in hands of one person (or two as in oligarchy). Monarchy sounds to be the oldest form of government has one king whose God is on his side and

Looking back on sculpture in Ancient Greece, the first examples of a naturalistic form are seen. Stone and heart were melded to display humans and animals as they exist in nature. Earlier artists, influenced by the Ancient Egyptians, saw sculpture as a way to admire human perfection in figures known as Kouros. In 492 BC, Persia invaded Athens and in their wake, most of the existing Kouros were destroyed. During the time period spanning from Archaic Greece to Classical Greece, artists developed the desire