HOMEWORK Complete the second section of your Pictoword handout – THIS WILL COUNT AS A QUIZ GRADE WHEN FULLY COMPLETED!!!!! DO NOW: Fill in one row of your Scale of Governments of Ancient Greece Handout and update your table of contents for both sections

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Oligarchy – The ruling power is in the hands of a small group of people

Oligarchy was made up of aristocrats Aristocrats were usually wealthy men who owned a lot of land. Aristocrats soon realized that since they advised the king, they had the real power and took over

Who had the power? wealthy men who owned a lot of land that they inherited from their families. Some of them were wealthy merchants

Benefits of the oligarchy Spent their days hunting, taking part in chariot races, drinking wine, and had parties

role of the common people worked all day in the fields and had little to no opportunities to move into the oligarchy forced to obey laws of oligarchy or risk punishment Farmers forced to sell themselves into slavery if they could not repay their debt

Powers of the oligarchy made laws that ignored the needs of the people and kept the oligarchy wealth and rich, used soldiers to force people to obey them

How did the ruler eventually lose power How did the ruler eventually lose power? The poor people would turn to individuals who promised improvements and good things. These individuals were usually in the military and used soldiers to take over