That all people should be morally accountable for their actions is
characteristic of Greek thought. For this reason, Socrates insists on
accepting the punishment his fellow Athenians have meted out to him.
Socrates is, to the end, a believer in democracy and the will of the
majority despite his grievous doubts about honest self-questioning on the
part of his fellow citizens. His friend Crito makes convincing arguments
for Socrates' escape, yet the sage remains clear-thinking, hard-headed,
and true to his moral principles: he accepts the sentence that has been
given him. These three criteria well describe the Greeks.
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Government in Greece - 0 views
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The government of Greece is a parliamentary democracy. The people elect 300 parliamentary deputies who form the parliament which conducts the legislative duties of the government.
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The party president automaticaly becomes Prime Minister and he then appoints people to become cabinet ministers.
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There is a President but he is not elected by the people. Instead, he is elected by the parliamentary deputies for 5 year terms at a time.
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Greece (Greek: Ελλάς, Hellas) [1] is a country in Southern Europe, on the southernmost tip of the Balkan peninsula, with extensive coastlines and islands in the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas. It shares borders in the north with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Bulgaria, and Turkey. It has an ancient culture that has had a significant influence on the arts, language, philosophy, politics, and sports of western society, including the genres of comedy and drama, western alphabets, Platonic ideals and the Socratic method, democracies and republics, and the Olympics. Furthermore it's a geographically appealing place to visit, with a mountainous mainland and idyllic island beaches.
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Ancient Greek Government - 2 views
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ristotle divided Greek governments into monarchies, oligarchies, tyrannies and democracies, and most historians still use these same divisions
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ost city-states in the Archaic period were ruled by oligarchies, which is a group of aristocrats (rich men) who te
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BC, the city-state of Athens created the
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Male citizens in Athens could vote on all the decisions that affected the city and serve on juries. However, democracy was not open to everyone. Citizen women and children were not allowed to vote. Slaves and foreigners living in Athens (known as metics) were banned from participating in government.
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Greece Country Profile - National Geographic Kids - 0 views
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Greece has the longest coastline in Europe and is the southernmost country in Europe.
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mainland
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rugged mountains, forests, and lakes,
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thousands of islands dotting the blue Aegean Sea
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Mediterranean Sea
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Ionian Sea
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the mainland, the islands, and Peloponnese, the peninsula south of the mainland.
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three geographical regions
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prime minister has the most power
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3,600 feet
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Mount Olympus
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home of the gods.
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Greece abolished their monarchy in 1975 and became a parliamentary republic
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e Pindus mountain range on the mainland contains one of the world's deepest gorges
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president and a prime minister
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president selects cabinet ministers who run government departments
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he parliament, called the Vouli, has only one house with 300 members who are elected every four years. Greece became part of the European Union in 1981.
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The first great civilization in Greece was the Minoan culture on the island of Crete around 2000 B.C
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Minoans were conquered by the Myceneans from the mainland in 1450 B.C.
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city-states, which were ruled by noblemen
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Athens became the most powerful, and in 508 B.C
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Greece won independence in 1832.
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The first Olympic Games were held in the southern city of Olympia in 700 B.C. to honor Zeus, the king of the gods.
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banned by the Romans in A.D. 393, but began again in Athens in 1896.
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reece was ruled by foreigners for over 2,000 years beginning with the Romans conquering the Greeks in the 2nd century.
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new system of rule by the people called democracy
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Art (Pathenon, sculptures of Phidias, etc., source of inspiration for Roman and all sorts of sub. art)
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The Greeks excelled in sculpture.
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Also impressive: Greek architecture.
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Greek scupture inspired the Romans and (indirectly) the great sculptors of the Renaissance.
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Elements of Greek architecture have been copied again and again from Roman times onward--and we still see many elements of Greek architecture in at least some of our public buildings today.
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Sports (Olympic games)
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The Greeks also are important for the contribution to sports.
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There are lots of other echoes of the Greeks in our sports tradition of today.
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History (first and some of greatest historians, including HERODOTUS, Thucydides, and Xenophon)
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The Greeks give us the first true historical works, and it was a Greek (Herodotus) that first used the term "history" for what we call history today. Not only did the Greeks give us our first historical works, they also give us some of our greatest.
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The buildings on the Athenian acropolis are a great example.
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First of all, it is impressive because it moves beyond the mere chronicling of events (something that had been done before) and attempts to explain why certain events happen and what those events means: what lesssons we can learn from history.
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Herodotus might be considered, not just the father of history, but the father of cultural anthropology as well.
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And particular this is so when one looks at Herodotus' central theme: freedom. A central theme of Herodotus' book is the value of living in a free society (even though it means sacrifice) rather than living under despotism no matter how well-organized and prosperous a society run by a despot might seem. Herodotus book is one of the sources of the Western love of freedom.
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Political science Not only do the Greeks give us our first history, they give us also our first political science, the systematic study of human government. When one studies political science today, one constantly uses Greek terms (monarchy, democracy, etc.). Why? Because the Greeks were the first to study the various forms of human government and to identify the strengths and weakness of each.
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Aristotle's Politics and Plato's Republic are still much read in political science/political philosophy classes today, another good example of the lasting influence of the Greeks.
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Poetry In poetery too, the Greek had a lasting influence. When we analyze poetry today, we use Greek words (iamb, dactyl, trochee, etc.). Why? Because the Greeks were the first to systematically analyze poetry. Here too Aristotle is a key figure. His "Poetics" is as influential in literary criticism as his "Politics" is in political science.
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Among the greatest and most influential of epic poems are the two great poems of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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The Greeks also excelled at lyric poetry.
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Mathematics Math is another area in which the Greeks made important contributions. You are all familiar with the Pythagorean theorum, and the Greek reverence for numbers that starts with Pythagoras is certainly an important contribution of the Greeks.
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Now what's important here is *not* the practical application of geometry. What's important is the systematic, rigorous thinking process one must go through in coming up with these proofs. The study of Euclid taught generation after generation to think clearly and logically: and it is a pity that the current geometry texts have drifted away from this.
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Science The Greeks also made important contributions to the sciences. Biology, Physics, Physiology, Zoology: all Greek names, because the Greeks were the first to systematically explore these areas. Thales, the first Greek philosopher, also is the father of physics, asking a fundamental question: what are all things made of? The Greeks explored the question, coming up with promising answers. Ultimately, Greeks like Aristotle believed that the world was made up of four fundamental elements. Other Greeks added the idea that these elements in their turn were made up of invisible, indivisable particles they called atoms. Now we have a lot more elements than the Greek four, and we believe the atom can be divided into evern more fundamental particles, but note that the Greeks are certainly on the right track.
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Perhaps most impressive of all was Archimedes
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But its not just in literature the Greeks excelled. They produced some of the world's greatest art, the first true science, and some of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen. In fact, of all the ancient peoples, it was the Greeks who contributed the most to subsequent civilization in virtually every field of human endeavor. What's all the more amazing is that the Greek were able to do all these things despite the fact that they were constantly at war--or maybe because they were constantly at war. Generalization: Greeks made more important contributions to sub. civilization than any other ancient people. Achievements:
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Why the Magna Carta Is Considered Important to the US - 1 views
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He was coerced by having the army's of the Barons or nobles encircled London and threatened to burn it to the ground.
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constitutional text and one of the most important documents on the path to democracy.
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was that the Founding Fathers used many of the principles first codified in the Magna Carta.
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document's part in guaranteeing basic rights and freedoms for the English.
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With the Magna Carta, the king, for the first time, was not allowed to be above the law
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he had to respect the rule of law and not abuse his position as king.
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upon lawful judgment by a jury
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Justice could not be sold, denied, or delayed.
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A formal meeting place and time for members of the council. It make the meetings regular and structured.
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the king himself was placed under the law of the land.
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or Great Charter, was created in 1215 in England
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Why is the Magna Carta seen as a key document in the founding of the US?
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wage war, King John imposed heavy taxes on his subjects
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King John was coerced into signing the Charter which protected some of their basic rights against royal actions.
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Ancient Greece - Culture and Society in the Ancient Greek World - 4 views
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The Greek Government did not allow freedom of speech or full rights for the citizens of Greece.
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The majority of Greek states were governed by groups of rich landowners, called aristocrats; this word is derived from 'aristoi', meaning best people. This was a system known as 'oligarchy' the rule by the few.
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Greek Society was mainly broken up between Free people and Slaves, who were owned by the free people.
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The social classes applied to men only, as women all took their social and legal status from their husband or their male partner. Women in ancient Greece were not permitted to take part in public life.
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Democracy was introduced by an aristocrat, Cleisthenes.
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India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views
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It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world
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Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilization and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.
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Wow, I didn't know that Greece was the "cradle of Western civilization". I thought that was Rome! Good site.
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http://teacherweb.com/IN/LMS/SS6/Sparta-vs-Athens-2.pdf - 1 views
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Another PowerPoint that shares the citizenship rights and roles of Sparta and Athens. Easy to understand.
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The Roman Republic [ushistory.org] - 3 views
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innovations of the Roman Republic was the notion of equality under the law. In 449 B.C.E., government leaders carved some of Rome's most important laws into 12 great tablets. The Twelve Tables, as they came to be known, were the first Roman laws put in writing. Although the laws were rather harsh by today's standards, they did guarantee every citizen equal treatment under the law.
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and all males over 15 who were descended from the original tribes of Rome became citizens. Citizens of Rome distinguished themselves from slaves and other noncitizens by wearing a toga; most wore a white toga. During the Empire, each emperor wore a purple toga to distinguish himself as the princeps, or "first citizen."
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republic, a government in which citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf. A republic is quite different from a democracy, in which every citizen is expected to play an active role in governing the state.
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The Romans established a form of government — a republic — that was copied by countries for centuries In fact, the government of the United States is based partly on Rome's model.
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The full citizen could vote, marry freeborn persons, and practice commerce. Some citizens were not allowed to vote or hold public office, but maintained the other rights. A third type of citizen could vote and practive commerce, but could not hold office or marry freeborn women.
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male slaves who were granted their freedom could become full citizens.
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212 C.E, under the Edict of Caracalla, all free people of the Roman Empire could become citizens.
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the aristocrats were known as patricians.
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The aristocracy (wealthy class) dominated the early Roman Republic.
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consuls, or leaders, who ruled the Roman Republic.
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A senate composed of patricians elected these consuls.
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lower-class citizens, or plebeians, had virtually no say in the government. Both men and women were citizens in the Roman Republic, but only men could vote.
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patricians and plebeians should be strictly separated; marriage between the two classes was even prohibited. Over time, the plebeians elected their own representatives, called tribunes, who gained the power to veto measures passed by the senate.
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. The Senate convened and passed laws in the curia, a large building on the grounds of the Roman Forum. Much later, Julius Caesar built a larger curia for an expanded Senate.
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Rome had conquered vast territories, and the powerful senators sent armies, negotiated terms of treaties, and had total control over the financial matters of the Republic.
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