Soc Sci Reviewer

Soc Sci Reviewer

1. Athenian Democracy

   • Reformers -Legitimate Rulers
     • Solon
       • Cancelled Debt of the poor
       • Opportunity to be a hoplite
       • Made mandatory attendance and participation in the Ecclesia
       • Justice became the responsibility of each citizen
     • Cleisthenes
       • Created DEMES(basic administrative unit)
       • 10 new political tribes
       • Boule -50 reps from each of the 10 tribes
       • Equal Access
       • Financial allowance
         • significance: even the poor can serve
       • Reorganization of army
         • Significance: Defense of Polis was the responsibility of everyone
       • Ostracism -Exile 10 years
         • Ostrakon -names
           • Significance: Only 1/5 were citizens
   • Tyrants -Illegitimate Rulers
     • Pisistratus and Hippias
       • poor could be hoplite=citizens
     • Tyrants are Demagogues -things you want to hear
       • ex. Donald Trump and Hitler

2. Sparta:the Garrison State

   • Conquered the Messenians in 725 BCE
   • Reduced to Helots
   • Treated helots as slaves
   • Demanded half of yearly crop of messenians
   • 600 BCE the Messenians Revolted
   • 700 BCE Conqured Laconia
     • 3 social classes
       • Spartiates -Orginal Spartans
       • Perioeci -