During a time when monarchies and other forms of class-ranking governments dominated the western cultures, Athens was among the first, and certainly the most famous, to introduce a new form of government in which the citizens held the power: democracy. ... While their Greek rival city, Sparta, focused exclusively on military development, Athens enjoyed a comfortable and fruitful existence and simultaneously managed to produce an army nearly as great as the Spartans. ... Admittedly, the Athenian military power could not be attributed wholly to democracy, as the Spartans ran a drastically diff...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During a time when monarchies and other forms of class-ranking governments dominated the western cultures, Athens was among the first, and certainly the most famous, to introduce a new form of government in which the citizens held the power: democracy. ... While their Greek rival city, Sparta, focused exclusively on military development, Athens enjoyed a comfortable and fruitful existence and simultaneously managed to produce an army nearly as great as the Spartans. ... Admittedly, the Athenian military power could not be attributed wholly to democracy, as the Spartans ran a drastically diff...

• Word Count: 949
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The end of the bitter war had caused unstable conditions for Germany and with the defeat of the military, political and ethical deterioration and conservative authority ruling a radical minority, it was evident that Germany needed democracy before it spiralled out of control. ... If he had gotten rid of the high- ranking Barons and made a radical reform, Ebert would have succeeded in bringing about a revolution. ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate