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Greece was involved around this term: polis whichdescribes a singular govern form by that time.

Among different periods of time, the ancient Greece

developed an idea about government.

ANCIENT GREECE


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We may live in a verydifferent and much morecomplex world, butwithout the ancient

Greeks we wouldn't evenhave the words to talkabout many of the thingswe care most about. Take

politics for example: apartfrom the word itself (frompolis, meaning city-stateor community)

Polis


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Many of the other basic political terms in our everydayvocabulary are borrowed from the ancient Greeks:

Monarchy

Aristocracy

Tyranny

Oligarchy

Democracy.

Political Terms


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Historical Periods

Minosic Missenic Archaic


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Classical HellenisticRoman

Greece

Historical Periods


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Many of the other basic political terms in our everydayvocabulary are borrowed from the ancient Greeks:

Monarchy

Aristocracy

Tyranny

Oligarchy

Democracy.

Political Terms


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The ancient Greek word demokratiawas ambiguous.This term democracy comes from the Greek wordsdemos could mean people and kratos which

identifies class or classes. It meant literally people-power.

Political Terms


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Theres a theory that the worddemokratia was coined bydemocracysenemies, membersof the rich and aristocratic elitewho did not like being outvotedby the common herd, theirsocial and economic inferiors. Ifthis theory is right, democracy

must originally have meantsomething like mob rule ordictatorshipof the proletariat.

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1.- Answer these questions about the topic:

Who were the people to whom the power belonged?

Was it all the people - the masses?Or only some of the

people - the duly qualified citizens?

What is your own idea about citizenship?

2.- Draw a web about Greek world:

Activity


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Activity


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The word monarch (Latin: monarcha) comes from the Greek

monrches, (from mnos, , "one/singular,"

and rchon, , "leader/ruler/chief") which referred to a

single, at least nominally absolute ruler. In current usage theword monarchy generally refers to a traditional system of

hereditary rule, as elective monarchies are rare in the modern

period. We cannot find any better definition of monarchy

than what this is: a monarchy is the government which isruled by one person, who is wholly set apart from all other

members of the state's (called his subjects).

Monarchy


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It is defined as the govern that just only gentles could

practice.

Aristocracy (Greek aristokrata, from

aristos "excellent," and kratos "power"), is a form ofgovernment in which a few elite citizens rule. The term

derives from the Greek aristokratia, meaning "rule of the

best". In origin in Ancient Greece, it was conceived of as rule

by the best qualified citizens, and contrasted with monarchy.In later times, aristocracy was seen as rule by a privileged

group (the aristocratic class) and contrasted with democracy.

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Where power was in the hands of the few richest citizens.

Oligarchy (from Greek , oligarkha) is a form of

power structure in which power effectively rests with a small

number of people. These people could be distinguished byroyalty, wealth, family ties, corporate, or military control.

The word oligarchy is from the Greek words ""

(olgos), "a few and the verb "" (archo), "to rule, to

govern, to command". Such states are often controlled by afew prominent families who pass their influence from one

generation to the next.

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Democracy is defines like the exercise of power by the people forthe people.

The word "democracy" (Greek: ) combines theelements dmos (, which means "people") and krtos

(, which means "force" or "power"). In the words"monarchy" and "oligarchy", the second element arche ()means "rule", "leading" or "being first". It is unlikely that the term"democracy" was coined by its detractors who rejected the

possibility of a valid "demarchy", as the word "demarchy" alreadyexisted and had the meaning of mayor or municipal. One couldassume the new term was coined and adopted by Atheniandemocrats.

Democracy


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