Term Papers on Western Civilization

Term Paper Title	Western Civilization
# of Words	496
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.98

Western Civilization

Global Studies I
11/19/98

      The Greeks have contributed to Western civilization with advancements in government and philosophy.
     One of the most commonly used governments in the world was from Athens.  The Athenians ruled themselves with a type of government called a democracy.  Right now the United States is governed by a democracy but there are a few differences.  In Athens they were controlled by a direct democracy, which means all the free males voted on laws.  In America we have a representative democracy, which means that the people vote for a representative they believe will do a good job voting on laws in the legislature.  Another difference is that in Athens citizenship was based on Athenian ancestry.  Unlike Athens in America to be a citizen you can be born in the U.S. or you can be sworn in.  The Athenians believed that men were superior so they did not allow women to have any political rights even voting.  Although, the U.S. used to believed that they now govern with women as equals.  Another difference is that the Athenians permitted slavery.  Slavery in Athens was based on war or debts owed.  Even though slavery is not permitted now it used to be.  It was then based on race, which was totally unfair to the African Americans.  This is just one country effected by Greek democracy.
     Many great philosophers that influenced European philosophers were from Greece.  One example is Socrates. Socrates was one of the strongest critics of the Sophists.  One reason is because he...

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