WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT GREECE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which government system would work best if you wanted to ensure your children, and their children, remained the only ones in control?
A
Monarchy
B
Oligarchy
C
Tyranny
D
Democracy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Usually these advisors were educated, wealthy men from the city-state. Over time, these advisors decided that they should have more power than the king. They realized that they had strength in their numbers: they outnumbered the king. Eventually, these advisors overthrew the monarchy and took the power for themselves.

Detailed explanation-2: -Democracy in ancient Greece served as one of the first forms of self-rule government in the ancient world.

Detailed explanation-3: -Monarchy in ancient India was a sovereignty over a territory by a King who functioned as its protector, a role which involved both secular and religious power.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the Greek world, monarchies were rare and were difficult to separate from the rule of a tyrant. The most famous monarchies were that of Macedonia, Epeiros, and Sparta. In Macedonia and Epeiros, the monarch’s rule was absolute, save for a “puppet” assembly, with few legal rights.

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