Government

__**Government**__

By Daniel


 * Since Greece had so many hills and islands, it was divided into city-states. They each had a ruler or a government. It was very hard to communicate and travel between each city-state. Some city-states are very different from each other, like Athens and Sparta. Athens leans toward education more than training for war, while Sparta is very serious about training for war.**





Because the city-states were so independent, they had their own governments. Each city-state could either be a Monarchy, Democracy or Oligarchy.

A monarchy is when the city-state is ruled by a king. An example of a monarchy city-state is Corinth.

A democracy is a way of ruling where all citizens have a vote. In this case, all male citizens. Athens was a great example of a democracy. ** An oligarchy is where a city-state is ruled by a group of people. This is different from a democracy because in a democracy, anyone could help rule, but in an oligarchy, a small group of people ruled. **




 * One example of a democracy is the Athenian government. In Athens, they formed an Assembly. This was the men of Athens who ruled the city-state. Athenian men met often to talk about news and other things happening. Women were not allowed to vote, or be at any meetings. Also slaves were not allowed to attend. **

Mr. Donn @http://greece.mrdonn.org/government.html

Kidipede - Ancient Greek Government [] Government @http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecegovt1.html