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    grows and grows in capitalistic societies which then eventually creates an Oligarchy. The oligarchy is formed because big businesses become so successful that they have complete control over the masses and their wealth. Orwell describes an Oligarchy by showing the benefits that the inner party have compared to the other people in society, “It’s all inner party stuff. There’s nothing those swine don’t have” (141). In an Oligarchy there are a handful of people in charge over all and those people live like

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    Oligarchy is a form of government or regime that is based on the battle of properties between the poor and the rich. This regime is created when in a timocratic regime the individuals become greedier and greedier to acquire more wealth. The people within society chose those with great monetary power to rule (rich people). Socrates makes it clear that in a oligarchy “they allow no one whose property falls below the amount fixed to

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    reform the systems and how to corrupt, grow, decline. The rule forms in the ancient Greek took extraordinarily diverse forms. This article will briefly describe the fifth forms of government in ancient Greece. That are monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy. The first forms of the rule in the ancient Greek is a monarchy. it means the ruling power is in the hands of a single person, in other words, one person inherits power. This person must be male and there is not queen. At the first

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    Athens , Greece was the first recording of the use of any of a democratic system around the world to this day. Our political systems have come a long way from ancient Greece’s political systems, we have taken the idea of democracy , autocracy, and oligarchy and formed them into a modern way of constitutionally ruling the country. Since 510 B.C.E , ancient Greece’s political systems have been evolving and impacting our modern day systems. Ancient Greeks have let us learn about the democratic, oligarchic

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    mostly employed the examples in the daily life—the examples of the relationship between father and son, olds and youths, teachers and students, masters and slaves (Plato 563b); the precise calculation process (Plato 546c), the analogy— describe the oligarchy governor as drone, and similes and metaphors—describe the light as wisdom and goodness in the allegory of the cave (Plato 516a). These evidences contribute to make Plato’s statement prone to understand, but at the same

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    There were many different stages of government in Ancient Greece, even though they’re most famous for using the early democracy that we think of when we think of Athens. However, there are many other types of government that we should be aware of. The monarchy is a type of government that many of us are familiar with, because it involves having a king rule other people. Sometimes this form of government worked in the city-states, as long as the people in that city-state thought that it was all right

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    I will briefly describe the character of the five ancient governments to compare the four government forms in the Ancient Greek city-states. They are Aristocracy, Tyranny, Monarchy, Democracy, and Oligarchy. Aristocracy Aristocracy is a group of people at the top of society, those with extraordinary privileges, but it can also mean a government controlled by such an elite. A monarchy is a government by a monarch, that is, a king or queen. A monarchy can be limited, meaning the powers of the monarchy

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    Unit 2: HIST 1421 Written Assignment Although Greece is the birth place of Democracy, Greece was not always a democratic country. In many parts of Greece other forms of government ruled. For instance, in Sparta, the government was an oligarchy; and in Athens before democracy, they were an aristocracy. When leaders took over land and their word became law, it was considered a tyranny. Many places ran by a royal family or bloodline were considered monarchy. A monarchy by definition is a form of government

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    Within Aquinas’ political writings, he shows us the six different forms of government and the reason why some are better than others. Government was created not just for organization but so people can come together to form a community. A community works best when the governing only want well-being for the governed. Aquinas not only compares the different forms of government by showing their benefits and drawbacks, but also argues about the supremacy of a monarchy, and how it’s the best form of government

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    At the time of Pericles ', there were about a 1000 poleis around the Aegon, in Ionia, Italia, and in the area of the Black Sea. The political systems would vary, majority of the states would have a combination of systems at work; frequently oligarchy, with strong influence of the local aristocracy, with the addition of some

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