government and participation
Direct Democracy vs. Representative Democracy
Direct Democracy: people vote directly to make decisions rather than having representatives.
Representative Democracy: people participate indirectly in the decision-making process. They choose their representatives through an election process.
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Greek democracy created at Athens was direct, rather than representative any adult male citizen over the age of 20 could take part, and it was a duty to do so.
Assembly
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What is a assembly?
An assembly is that when people from the Ancient Athens has come to discuss a meeting.
who is in the assembly?
in the assembly the first one is the ekklesia
how often is in the assembly?
the Assembly in Athens met four times every prytany.
what can limtations do in the assembly?
in the assembly, the government will then will tell the people to write.
what can be fairness in the assembly?
in the assembly when the people were voting for their own choice and the government fairness.
Council of 500
what is a council of 500?
the council of 500 is about
when citizens are voting for the democracy.
who is in the council of 500?
so in the council of 500 there is going to be people sitting and waiting and then after waiting the councler will read the information.
how often is in the council of 500?
The second important institution was the boule, or Council of Five Hundred. The boule was a group of 500 men, 50 from each of ten Athenian tribes, who served on the Council for one year.
what are the limitation in the council of 500?
The boule or council was composed of 500 citizens who were chosen by lot and who served for one year with the limitation that they could serve no more than two non-consecutive years.
what fairness does in the council of 500?
The council of 500 planed the agenda for assembly meetings and supervised the running of the government . They voted on laws.
Courts
what is a court?
a court is when the citizens presented legal disputes in front of juries of their peers to resolve arguments in a fair, democratic manner.
who is in the court?
the Athenian government then the citizens were free-born Athenian adult men. Women, slaves, foreigners, and children were not considered citizens.
how often is in a court?
It was held 40 times a year (every 8-10 days) at the Pynx.
what are some limtation for the court?
Athenians were permitted to will their estates to people outside of their family if there were no children.
what can be some fairness for the court?
The Athenian system favored broad discretion for the jury rather than strict adherence to specific rules like many modern courts.
City-states
what is the greek word for the city-states?
the greek word for the city-states is called Polis.
what is the defition for city-states?
it is about building walls for protection to make space for temples and buildings.
Tyrant
for tyrant it is someone who is the ruler who rules the world.
how does this led us to democracy?
i think that ruler want to make law for democracy.
Class Structure
Each class had special public and martial tasks. There were two non-citizen classes; the metic class, or resident aliens, and, of course, slaves. Social mobility was official discouraged.
where they were most numerous, they occupied an intermediate position between visiting foreigners and citizens, having both privileges and duties.
The slaves were people who were either rescued from the war, some could be criminals or even bought by other people.
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Primary Sources
A primary source is anything that gives you direct evidence about the people, events, or phenomena that you are researching.
two person start to analizing a statue and checked the description.
Fairness/Equity
what is fairness & equity?
fairness and equity are some law and voting can be fairness and equity.
sparta vs athens
sparta was having a war against athens, they need to know for speed and strength.