More ancient greece

Today we read more of the Greece PowerPoint. Today we talked about politics and the government. During the seventh and sixth centuries BCE, aristocrats ran the show in most of Greece.

• polis- a fundamental political unit 
• monarchy- ruled by a single person
• aristocracy- rule by a single group of noble, very rich, landowning families
• tyrant- a powerful individual who seized control by appealing to the common people for support

Aristocracy:

• members of the ruling class
• attended symposiums
• men would enjoy wine and poetry
• had "strippers"
• discussed politics 

Politics:

• no women accept "entertainment"
• no middle class or slaves
• some aristocrats weren't allowed
• these aristocrats would mesh with hoplites to set up tyrannies

The Greek idea of tyrant= people who achieved power (not always bad)

Rules, Creeds, and Laws:

• Draco-
• all Athenians are equal under the law
• death is the punishment for many crimes
• slavery debt is okay
• Solon's Reforms-
• outlaws slavery
• all Athenian citizens can speak at the assembly 
• any citizen can press charges against wrongdoers 
• More Reforms- 
• allowed all men to submit laws at assembly 
• created "Council of Five Hundred" to council the assembly 
• leading up to democracy
• only free adult males that own property and were born in Athens were considered citizens