What are the political characteristics of ancient Greece?

Under the unique geographical environment and specific historical conditions of the Mediterranean Greek Peninsula, there were more than 200 slave countries in Greece in the 8th-6th century BC, which were called "city-states, small countries and few people" in history.

Polis generally includes urban areas and surrounding rural areas. In the eyes of the ancient Greeks, "polis" meant the absolute independence of the same blood group, region, politics and economy.

2. The democratic politics of Athens.

The supreme power belongs to the citizens' assembly, which is related to the military democracy in primitive society, which is not available in the East. It can elect officials, make judgments and so on, and the authority of the citizens' assembly is higher than that of any individual.

Citizens have the right to vote and stand for election, while border residents, foreigners, serfs and women have no civil rights. Citizens account for only a few percent of all people.

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From the 8th century BC to the 5th century BC, Solon's reform laid the democratic foundation of Athens. At that time, the contradiction between industrial and commercial slave owners, civilians and aristocratic slave owners intensified.

The democratic politics in Athens reached its peak under the impetus of the Cristini reform and the Perikles reform, and continued to crack down on aristocratic privileges, improve the democratic system, and encourage citizens to participate in politics. It laid the foundation of modern western bourgeois representative system.

But the democratic politics in ancient Greece was based on the city-states with small countries and few people. When the development of politics, economy and culture finally breaks through the city-state system that is only suitable for small countries and few people, it can only be extinct.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Ancient Greece