Ernle Bradford, 1980 CE

Herodotus, 450 - 420 BCE

Rupert Matthews, 2006 CE

Ctesias, 389 BCE

10,000

350.000

200,000

800,000

Laws should be secret

Laws should be unwritten

Laws should be displayed publicly

Laws should be interpreted differently

They were too lenient

They addressed social conflict

They were written in blood

They solved economic inequality

Seisachtheia

Council of 400

Prohibited debt slavery

Created classes based on birth

inherited power and ruled for life

overlapped with other forms of government

total, uncontested power

small group of elites

Wealthy people demanded more power, and reforms were made to improve life.

Ended the rule of aristocrats, but became less popular after the war with Persia

Evolved into a hybrid form of government

Citizens gained more rights and responsibilities

inherited power and ruled for life

overlapped with other forms of government

total, uncontested power

small group of elites

Wealthy people demanded more power, and reforms were made to improve life.

Ended the rule of aristocrats, but became less popular after the war with Persia

Evolved into a hybrid form of government

Citizens gained more rights and responsibilities

took power illegally

gained power through millitary conquest

people vote on issues

common people involved in governing

Wealthy people demanded more power, and reforms were made to improve life.

Ended the rule of aristocrats, but became less popular after the war with Persia

Evolved into a hybrid form of government

Citizens gained more rights and responsibilities

took power illegally

gained power through millitary conquest

people vote on issues

common people involved in governing

Wealthy people demanded more power, and reforms were made to improve life.

Ended the rule of aristocrats, but became less popular after the war with Persia

Evolved into a hybrid form of government

Citizens gained more rights and responsibilities