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Unit Five Block Five Lecture The influence of Geography on Athenian Democracy

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Click me How did we get from this? To this?

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Athens is the primary city- state in Greece after 750 BCE/BC Athens is rich with agriculture, trade, manufacturing and finance Click me

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Monarchy One person rule inherited through family succession (1066 BCE/BC) Aristocracy rule by a small group of nobles (1066 to 700 BCE/BE) Tyranny rule by one person, who seized power by force (700 to 462 BCE/BC) Democracy rule by an assembly in which citizens could vote (462 BCE/BC) Click Here

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Farmers are the most important people in any civilization because they feed the population Farmers many times do not own the land that they farm In Athens, the landowners were getting rich while the farmers were going into debt The farmers wanted a say in politics and government so that they could live within Athenian society Click Here

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Two tyrants worked for reforms that led to democracy: Draco created the first written laws with severe punishments (622 BCE/BC) Solon replaced Draconian law and improved the legal system, as well as expanded participation in the Assembly (594 BCE/BC) Click Here No not that Draco!

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