Ancient Greece

East of Greece

• Aegean Sea

• Ionien Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

West of Greece

• Mediterranean Sea

• Ionien Sea

• Aegean

South of Greece

• Aegean Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Ionien Sea

• - 2000 - 800 B.C.E

• - King was the ruler

• - King inherited power

• - aristocrats advised

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• -800 - 650 B.C.E

• - ruled by a few people

• - most were aristocrats

• - rich became richer, poor became poorer

• Tyranny

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• - 600 - 500 B.C.E

  • - rule by force

  • - no legal limits to tyrant's powers

  • - no inheriting of powere

  • - most were military leader

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Democracy

• - improved lived of the poor

• - forced oligorchy out of power

• - one leader

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Monarchy

• - 500 B.C.E - Today

• - assembly law making group

• - anyone could vote on anything

• - great gift of ancient Greece

• - Greece had direct democracy

• Democracy

• Tyranny

• Monarchy

A system of government in which every citizen has a voice in the laws or decisions.

• Tyranny

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

First city-state to use Democracy

• Athens

• Rome

• Paris