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The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome
MAIN IDEAWHY IT MATTERS NOWTERMS & NAMESPOWER AND AUTHORITYTheGreeks developed democracy,and the Romans addedrepresentative and citizenparticipation are importantfeatures of democraticgovernments around the world. government monarchy aristocracy oligarchy democracy directdemocracy republic senate1 SETTING THE STAGET hroughout history, people have recognized the needfor a system for exercising authority and control in their society. Small bands ofpeople often did not need a formal organization. Councils of elders, for example,worked together to control a group. However, most people in larger groups livedunder rulers, such as chieftains, kings, or pharaohs, who often had total the course of thousands of years, people began to believe that even in largegroups they could govern themselves without a powerful ruler.
8 Prologue he said, “Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people.” Democracy ended in Greece after a …
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