WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Under the rule of the oligarchs, the rich became richer and the poor became poorer. Hate for the oligarchs grew. Eventually, the poor turned to other leaders who promised to improve the army. Backed by the people, they used their soldiers to throw the oligarchs out of power.

Detailed explanation-2: -They passed laws that the poor did not like, and they used the army to force peo-ple to obey them. Many of their laws protected and increased their own wealth. In some city-states, oligarchs passed laws forcing farmers to sell themselves into slavery if they could not pay their debts.

Detailed explanation-3: -By passing laws that favored the rich, the oligarchs protected and increased their own wealth. Using the army, they forced others to obey these unjust laws. In some city-states, such laws forced farmers who were unable to pay their debts to sell themselves into slavery.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ten most-prominent oligarchs of the early Putin era include Roman Abramovich, Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Prokhorov, Alisher Usmanov, Viktor Vekselberg, Leonid Mikhelson, Arkady Rotenberg, Gennady Timchenko, Andrey Guryev and Vitaly Malkin.

Detailed explanation-5: -An oligarchy is a type of ruling structure in which a few people wield power. Typically, the rulers come from a small privileged group and use their power to seek personal gain or benefits for their group. The term oligarchy has been used to describe historical examples of government rule by the few.

Detailed explanation-6: -Broadly speaking, an oligarchy is a form of government characterized by the rule of a few persons or families. More specifically, the term was used by Greek philosopher Aristotle in contrast to aristocracy, which was another term to describe rule by a privileged few.