Origins of Democracy

Humanities

The Greeks are the ancient society that “invented” Democracy. This unit will cover why and how that process occurred.

Reading

Brand, P. J. (n.d.). PDF

Assignments:

PART 1:

Discuss the role of the polis in Archaic and Classical-era Greece, supporting your response with examples and detail from your reading.

Please write an essay of complete and well composed paragraphs (250 word minimum for the entire essay) Be sure to use in text citation and provide references for your sources. Wikipedia is not a source.

PART 2:

Using material from the reading, answer the following question. How did people in Athens and Sparta obtain the right to participate in public life and make decisions affecting the community? Who held public office? What rules governed the selection of public office holders? How were the two city-states similar in their governmental structures? How did they differ?

The paper should be at least 500 words long with proper formatting and use of APA standards for citation. The paper should also include an introduction, body, and conclusion.

PART 3:

Address the question of how Greek democracy ended.