-Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole body of citizens, under procedures of majority rule. ... Aristotle represents "tyranny in Politics as a "perversion" that serves the personal advantages of the ruler alone, or a "despotic monarchy of the political community" or a, "despotic rule conducted according to the ruler's personal judgement."" ... Aristotle proves the difference between old forms of government and the new democracy in his writing in Politics.(1279b34-80a4) "The argument seems to show that a number of the gover...

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While lacking official political power, women contributed to the shaping of society, what anthropologists call liminal. ... In a procession fresco from Knossos, the main political palace of Minoan civilization, the priestess is shown receiving tribute, adulation and worship from two approaching lines of men. ... Some villages became larger political units known as poleis or city-states. ... Politically, the Greek world went through various forms of government structure from hereditary monarchies, to oligarchies, to dictatorships and democracies. ...

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It shows that the people led a lifestyle that included agriculture, curiosity about nature and a developed political structure that was needed to organize the building of these structures. ... Every will of the divine was considered correct because of the political circumstance. ...

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