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Government In The City-States

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GOVERNMENT IN THE CITY-STATES

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GOVERNMENT

THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF

SOME DESPISED

SOME FAVORED

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TYPES OF GOVERNMENT

  • Monarchy
  • Aristocracy
  • Oligarchy
  • Tyranny
  • Democracy
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MONARCHY

PRACTICED IN MYCENAE

AROUND 2000 B.C.

POWER IS IN THE HAND OF ONE PERSON

A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH THE

ONLY ADVISORS

COULD HELP MAKE DECISIONS

ARISTOCRACY

PRACTICED IN ATHENS

AROUND 594 B.C.

THE HANDS OF A LARGE SOCIAL CASTE

A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH POWER IS IN

WEALTHY PEOPLE

made most the decisions
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OLIGARCHY

PRACTICED BY SPARTA

AROUND 500 B.C.

SMALL GROUP OF WEALTHY PEOPLE

A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH POWER WAS RULED BY A

ONLY THE RULING GROUP

MADE DECISIONS AND ALSO RULED THE MILITARY

TYRANNY

PRACTICED BY ATHENS

AROUND 546 B.C.

HAD COMPLETE CONTROL OF DECISIONS

THE POWERFUL INDIVIDUAL
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NOBODY

WAS ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN DECISION MAKING

TWO TYPES OF DEMOCRACY

  • Direct Democracy
  • Limited Democracy

DIRECT DEMOCRACY

RULED BY CITIZENS

CITIZENSHIP

RULE/DECISION-MAKING WAS BASED ON

LIMITED DEMOCRACY

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REPRESENTATIVES

DECISIONS WERE MADE THROUGH
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CITIZENS

COULD PARTICIPATE IN CERTAIN DECISION MAKING
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GOVERNMENT IN THE CITY-STATES

THOSE ARE THE ANCIENT GREEK TYPES OF