WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -This type of government is a monarchy. The kings were advised by wealthy nobles, or aristocrats (ah-ris-toe-crats). This type of government soon became rare. Kings frequently had to worry about wars in their territories as tribes often fought over land.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following was true of most Greek aristocrats in a monarchy? Aristocrats supplied soldiers with horses and armor during wartime.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the 600s B.C., Athens was a small city-state. It had no great fleets of ships, extensive foreign trade, or network of colonies. Instead, its economy depended on its surrounding farms, especially the large estates owned by rich noble families, the aristocracy. The aristocracy ruled Athens.

Detailed explanation-4: -By calling on the support of the people, Cleisthenes was able to overthrow the aristocracy once and for all. In its place, he established a completely new form of government. Under Cleisthenes’ leadership, Athens developed the world’s first democracy. For this reason, he is sometimes called the father of democracy.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Greeks did not like the concept of monarchy, and as their democratic system fell, aristocracy was upheld. In his 1651 book Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes describes an aristocracy as a commonwealth in which the representative of the citizens is an assembly by part only.