Transcript of Unit Five Block Five Lecture The influence of Geography on Athenian Democracy.
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- Unit Five Block Five Lecture The influence of Geography on
Athenian Democracy
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- Click me How did we get from this? To this?
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- Athens is the primary city- state in Greece after 750 BCE/BC
Athens is rich with agriculture, trade, manufacturing and finance
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- Monarchy One person rule inherited through family succession
(1066 BCE/BC) Aristocracy rule by a small group of nobles (1066 to
700 BCE/BE) Tyranny rule by one person, who seized power by force
(700 to 462 BCE/BC) Democracy rule by an assembly in which citizens
could vote (462 BCE/BC) Click Here
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- Farmers are the most important people in any civilization
because they feed the population Farmers many times do not own the
land that they farm In Athens, the landowners were getting rich
while the farmers were going into debt The farmers wanted a say in
politics and government so that they could live within Athenian
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- Two tyrants worked for reforms that led to democracy: Draco
created the first written laws with severe punishments (622 BCE/BC)
Solon replaced Draconian law and improved the legal system, as well
as expanded participation in the Assembly (594 BCE/BC) Click Here
No not that Draco!
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