Tracing the Development of Democracy in Ancient Greece

Assignment to hand in:    Note Chart - The Development of Democracy in Ancient Greece

Step 1: Download and print the Handouts: Four Forms of Government in Ancient Greece and Note Chart - The Development of Democracy in Ancient Greece.

Step 2: Complete the Note Chart by reading about each form of government in Ancient Greece explained in the Four Forms of Government in Ancient Greece handout. Helpful Hint: Etymology - The roots or history for a word. Example: Democracy - demos (meaning "people" in Greek) + kratos (meaning "power" in Greek - kratos evolves to "cracy")

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Work Information - Latin and Greek Cross References (Type in any English word and it finds the root words of it)

 

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