Goverment

By Chs1brandon

The Greek has many different government because there were many different city states. The peoples idea Of a good government changed over time.Aristotle divided Greek government into different divisions. The divisions were monarchies,oligarchies Tyrannies, democracies. But At each period City states were using a different system. Many of the city states never did become Democracies or Tyrannies.

In the Late bronze age all Greek city states were Monarchies. They were Ruled by Kings.After the Dark age Only a few city-states. Sparta had two kings they were usually brothers or cousins. One would go to battle and the other king would stay home. Most of the city-states were ruled by oligarchies which is rich men who tells people what to do. Then the city-states were taken over by tyrants. Tyrants were also aristocrats who got power from poor people.

The city-state of Athens created the first democratic government. Other city-states that are not Greek such as Carthage and Rome started giving the poor more power. But the Athenian democracy gave power to no one. Most people in Athens couldn't vote. Athens had a empire ruling over city-states. Many Greek city-states rather kept a oligarchic,tyrannies or monarchies. 

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