Jono-Greek+Government


 * Ancient Greece**

W hen the Greek government was made a few wealthy men had a vision of making Greece a powerful place. But since the wealthy men were all Athens the decisions had to have a good impact on Athens. From the first Monarchies government in 2000BC or the first democracy in 510 BC. All government had a vision of making Greece a powerful kingdom. In the government of Greece you had to have Kratos and Demos. In Greek Kratos means rule or authority and Demos means the people. Kratos and Demos together make Democracy. If you have Democracy you have the rule of the people. In Greece each city state uses their own government system. Monarchies, Oligarchies, Tyrannies and democracies were the most popular government systems. Aristotle divided the governments. Aristotle is a Western Greek Philosopher that was a student of Plato and a Teacher of Alexander the Great. Although city stated shared the same gods and traditions they often fought with each other. When cit states were first formed they were ruled by a few wealthy men .Voters were divided into 3 groups. The upper class group is made up of male citizens which were Athens since birth. The middle class group was made up of male’s who were not Athens since birth. Finally the lower class group was made up of slaves. Although voting wasn’t really fair Greece evolved into a strong empire. Greece has had a long line of good and bad leaders for government, it all started with Early Greece. Early Greece began with Monarchies. In the Bronze Age between 2000 and 1200 BC all Greek city states used Monarchies. Some famous kings from the Bronze Age that were Monarchies are king Agamemnon and king Theseus. After the Dark Age only a few city states had kings. Sparta is most famous for kings. Sparta usually had two or more kings, the kings would be brothers or cousin’s one king would stay at the city state and the other would go to war. Most city states in the archaic period were ruled by Oligarchies. Oligarchies are a group of Aristocrats. Aristocrats are a group of rich men t   hat tell everyone what to do and how to live. In the 600’s and 500’s BC most city states were taken over by Tyrants. Tyrants were also Aristocrats who got power by helping the poor. By helping the poor the tyrants got the support from the poor people. In 510 BC Athens created the first democratic government. With this democratic government the Athens gave power to the poor. Other city states started to experiment even city states that were not Greek like Rome and Carthage tried giving power to the poor people but Athens did not really give power to everyone. No women, no foreigners, no slaves and no children could vote. At the time Athens had an empire ruling many Greek city states and no people living in other city states could vote. In the 300’s BC Philip of Macedon conquered Greece and all of Greece treated him as their king. City states still kept their own local governments but Philip made the bigger decisions. After Philip the bigger decisions were made by Alexander the great. After Alexander the great died Greek was ruled by a series of Macedonian kings. Between 200 and 146 BC the Romans conquered Greece. Even though Greece had changed governments and leaders many times Greece was always a powerful empire. Greece has very long line of leaders for governments. Starting with Monarchies, Greece began an everlasting empire. It evolved into a democratic government system, creating balance between the poor and the rich. Even though the voting might have not been fair Greek leaders had a vision of Greece becoming a powerful empire. .