Government

Government By Gabe

Each city state had a different government. Their governments allowed for the say of the citizens. This is also known as a democracy. This allows for each citizen to vote for what the want to do in their cities. These cities that have democracies are not ruled by kings or tyrants. Over time each city state moved from one system to another. When the Dark Age ended only a a few city-states were still ruled by kings. A famous one of these city-states is Sparta. Actually Sparta had two kings. usually they were related some how(brothers or cousins). The reason for this was so one king could stay home and rule while the other went off to fight wars. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/government/index.htm

Mostly during this time period, the city-states that weren't being ruled like Sparta, were being ruled by Aristocrats. Aristocrats are rich people who think that they are special enough to just tell everyone what to do. Then in 600-500 BC most of the city-states were taken over by fierce Tyrants. Although these people sound like people from other countries, they aren't. Tyrants are usually some rich people who rise above the others because the have gained the trust of the poor.