HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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laws that meant nothing
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laws that were fair to all
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laws that helped the poor
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laws that favored the rich
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Detailed explanation-1: -Oligarchy (from Greek (oligarkhía) ‘rule by few’; from (olígos) ‘few’, and (arkho) ‘to rule or to command’) is a conceptual form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eventually, the poor turned to other leaders who promised to improve their lives. Typically, these leaders were in the army. Backed by the people, they used their soldiers to throw the oligarchs out of power.
Detailed explanation-3: -Five types of oligarchies are often mentioned: aristocracies, plutocracies, timocracies, theocracies, and technocracies.
Detailed explanation-4: -The men who forced the oligarchs from power were called tyrants. In a tyranny, the ruling power is in the hands of one person who is not a lawful king. A tyranny is different from a monarchy in two ways. First tyrant cannot claim that he has a legal right to rule.