The role of the Polis in Greek Society

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AI GeneratedThis presentation explores the various governing structures of ancient Greek society, specifically contrasting the military-focused upbringing of the Spartans with the democratic evolution of the Athenians, while defining the roles of tyranny and oligarchy.
Hello everyone, my name is Shekashi K. Sledge, and we will be talking about the role of the
Polish in the Greek society.
So the first thing we will be going to is governing and structures, and first we have
the tyranny, which they are ruled by one man who took over an existing government, generally
by using his wealth to gain a political.
Next we have democracy, a type of Greek government in which all citizens administers the working
of the government.
So I feel like when it comes to democracy, that's more of what we have in the United
States when we vote for presidents and all the other elections that we vote for.
The next one we have the, okay I know I'm mispronouncing this, oligarchies, a type of
Greek government in which the citizens who own a certain amount of property ruled.
And I see that I did misspell citizens wrong.
Okay next we will be going to the growth of Spartans.
Now with this, what popped out at me was when it came to the growth of the Spartans, they
took the boys at the age of seven from their mothers, and they had to enroll them into
what I consider a military school.
After being put in the military school until they were 30 years of age, then they were
able to go into war if need be.
But also they had to eat and sleep and do other things as well with each other.
So they slept outside in huts, they had to eat in what they consider a mess hall.
And I know that word is also, that term is also used in the military as well.
That is what they did when it came to the children, the boys.
The next thing we're going to look at is the evolution of the Antheis.
Okay now with this, they did not have a state devoted to the military.
They decided to create a state of democracy, again like the United States of America.
And by being a part of a democracy, they had to vote on different things.
So as I said a while ago, if it came to them wanting a president or any other elections
that they want to do, that was something that they had to vote on.
Okay, so my question for everyone out there is, if we were still in the Spartan times,
would you be able to have your little boy taken from you at the age of seven and sent
to military training?
How would you feel about that in this day and age, if we were back in that time?
Thank you for listening, I hope everything goes well, thank you.
