Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Government in Ancient Greece
This video is a little silly and very entertaining, but also very informative. It discusses ideas of politics and political systems of Ancient Greek government, and the changes that took place up until the time of Alexander the Great. It discusses the difference between an oligarchy and a monarchy, as well as the difference between Athenian democracy and the style of democracy we're used to in America today.
The video makes the general concepts of Ancient Greek Government easy to understand and grasp. Take a look:
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It was a very quirky video, but still really informative. It covered the formation of all the main Greek types of government (monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy). I also did not know that tyrannies arose from oligarchies. Its kind of ironic that mostly all the Greek city states started out as monarchies, and returned to monarchies after the conquests of Macedon, even though they still maintained their old ways under Alexander. Good video!
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