Athens

At times some cities of ancient Greece, mostly Athens had full democracy. At other times there were tyrants that ran the city. Only free adult men were citizens. Women and slaves had few rights. Notable democratic leaders were Solon in 508 BCE when there was a popular assembly. Another democratic leader was Pericles who introduced measures which brought Athens to become a radical democracy where the adult males met in assembly fortnightly and made all the decisions which a council of 500 implemented.

Some of the many inventions ancient Athenians created was plumbing, thermometer, maps (modified), internal heating , wrenches, mills.

After defeat, Athens was stripped of its empire, and without the revenues they mulcted from it, they were not able to either maintain naval preeminence or afford the expenditures which had supported such extravagances as the beautification of Athens.

He brought democracy to Athenians. The democracy of Athens gave power to the people and the laws of Athens gives equal justice for all.

He reduced the power of the rich by allowing more people to vote. He also gave more power to the assembly, which included all male citizens.

A tyrant was appointed to protect the lower class citizens from the depredations of the upper class oligarchs who controlled the city and organised things for their own profit and benefit. This worked for half a cetury, but the tyrant had to establish a strong personal guard to protect himself from the resentful oligarchs. To pay for this he levied a tax. Greeks hated taxes, and this drew resentment against the tyrant, forgetting how bad it had been under the oligarchs fifty years before. The oligarchs mobilised this discontent, resulting in expulsion of the third tyrant Hippias, Unfortunately for the oligarchs, Cleisthenes introduced a limited democracy, which kept the oligarchs from regaining control.

Many, many things, including what might be called Western thought. Athens is often considered the birthplace of democracy.

geography: that region of the aegean world was divided by mountains, making travel, trade, communication, and unification difficult

No it's the other way around

Every resident, including women and foreigners, had equal rights in Ancient Athens.

The Peloponnesian War was between Athens and Sparta. It was after the great Persian war, when Athens and Sparta worked together to defeat Persia. The Peloponnesian War was started because Sparta feared Athens may dominate them one day. There was a big battle between them, lasting for many years, but in the end, Sparta won.

Each had allies which augmented its power.

Athens had an empire of about 180 city-states spread around the eastern Aegean Sea,. It had strong walls, which extended down to the sea, which enabled it to be resupplied during a siege. It also had a superior navy, which gave it the ability to threaten and raid opposing cities of the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, and to ensure resupply of the city by sea from its empire.

The Peloponnesian League had the strongest land forces, and was able to besiege Athens. By whittling don Athens' allies, it progressively reduced Athens' power and resupply, until finally after 27 years of fighting, the Athenian fleet was destroyed (Persia gave money to pay for a Peloponnesian fleet) and Athens was starved into submission.

The Peloponnesian War was fought from 431 to 404 BC .

Sparta and Athens had many differences and similarities in their government. Only a few Greek city-states had kings. Sparta had two kings, usually cousins or brothers. One would stay home and the other would go off to fight wars. Athens created the first democratic system and many other city-states copied them. Athenian democracy did not give power to everyone. Most of the people in Athens couldn't vote, including women, slaves, foreigners, and children.

Where else would expect the ancient Greek sculptures to be other than in Greece. You wil, bowever find some good ones which were removed legally and illegally in museums around the world - try Paris, Berlin, London - the ones there are usually in much better condition than those in Greece, as in recent years the acid rain in places like Athens has defaced statues, and the Greeks did little to prevent this: many of the 'good' ones on display in Athens are copies made of the good ones held overseas.

After the Persians failed to bring peace to the eastern Mediterranean in the Persian Wars, Persia withdrew to leave the Greek cities to get back to their usual fighting between each other.

Athens then turned the anti-Persian league it led into an empire of its own, and over-reached itself, bringing on a war with the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. This 27-year war severely damaged the city-states of Greece. In the process Sparta had to turn to Persia for support, and then defeated Athens, stripping it of its empire.

The weakened cities continued fighting amongst each other in varying alliances, and Thebes replaced Sparta as the leading power. All this fighting paved the way for the dominance of Macedonia.

think its easy played sports, ate, slept, and watched Olympics

Athens had 2 kings, one to rule the government, and one for domestic purposes and helping people. Sparta had Helots, which were slaves, and guards that would randomly kill one of the helots to show that that is what will happen if you run away. Athens and Sparta were both Democratic. But Athens was more of a free democracy. Citizens (males only) would put white or black rocks into a jar and thats how they would vote.

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The wisest and richest people should rule.

Sparta was a closed society, and losses of citizens in wars could not be replaced. These losses had been accumulating during the Peloponnese War in the 4th Century, and were compounded in the wars against the Theban confederation at Leuctra in 372 BCE, and Mantinea 362 BCE. As a consequence, as a rural community with a now low warrior strength, it simply didn't have the resources. Although Sparta joined with Arcadia and Achaea to block the pass at Thermopylae to prevent Philip of Macedon's push south, it subsequently decided it could no longer take the field with hostile neighbours Arcadia and Messenia (which Thebes had liberated from Spartan rule) threatening its territory. In consequence Sparta stayed at home as Philip overcame Greece.

the Parthenon is actually only one,located on the acropolis holly cliff.it was a temple dedicated to goddess Athens.there are though quite a few temples in Greece looking similar to the Parthenon

The Parthenon is located in Athens, Greece on the Acropolis. Because it is in Greece, the continent is Europe.

Sparta had sparse living accommodations. Sparta had boys removed from the family and living in dormitories. Spartan men ate to be strong warriors. They slept nude and were allowed to gather thistle down to add to their beds made of reeds.

Athens had simple homes. Art was seen as a public activity. The rich had tables and chairs made of wicker, wood, metal or marble. Beds had cushions of wool, hay, leaves or feathers.

woman,slaves and immagrantys were not allowed to vote in ancient Athens