How is Ancient Greece's government used in today's socienty?

Question

What pictures can I use to show how we use Ancient Greece's government ideas?

Answer 1

Pictures oif greek ideas aren't easyto find. We've not lived up to Greece's examples very well either. Here's three ideas, however.
1. A secret ballot. They dropped a broken piece of pottery into a jar, but the principle is the same as a voting booth, preferably with a curtain.

2. Show anyone giving a set speech, any candidate; that's what Greek candidates did--presented themselves to voters, in a democratic election process.

3. Get a photo of a big navy ship heading out of harbor. Greeks had navies and they used them much the same way we do--to defend themselves and pressure other nation states into doing what they wanted.

Better still, contrast Greek pictures/paintings of these things with their modern counterparts.

Good question.

Answer 2

The Greeks were really the first democrat civilization to emerge in that they had government by the people, of course it is mentioned that it did not include women or slaves. But Mesopotamia, the Egyptians, Assyrians, and Babylonians were not democratic. Not even the ancient Hebrews were. It is often stated that Greece's victory over the Persians (they conquered the Babylonians and were not a democracy) essentially established a foothold for democracy in the West, imperfect though it was. Democracy comes from the Greek words, demos, kratos, rule by people.

Pictures conveying this could be of the ancient Greek temple the Parthenon in Athens, a bust of the great thinker and lover of truth, Socrates, or a painting of the Greek market place, where people met to discuss politics and buy merchandise (the formal name for this is agora).

Answer 3

In addition to the answer above, you could merge/compare diagrams (one for each government) and mark the parallels. I've attached some pictures.

Answer 4

so a good distance as i be attentive to they did not have particular homes to fulfill in for many poleis (plural for polis). sick admit i'm not an expert. they might have used some thing on the acropolis