Compare and contrast monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy as forms of government in Ancient Greek city-states. At first, monarchy is defined as to rule power controlled by an one person. By the time of Aristotle, there are separated block of 'cities', but they don't know the democracy or oligarchy, therefore the political system naturally choose monarchy, ruled by a few richest citizens. It includes the danger as "tyranny", which choose the same system as the monarchy, but the leader owns the superior power as to control control everything in the country, as the North Korea in the modern era. As the North Korea case, in case they choose the monarchy as the political system, with out the existance they choose to stop, control, …show more content…
He didn't believe in general power, however, he turned the old system, the closed political style as one King or Emperor handles. His movement passed to Cleisthenes, the progressive aristocrat. Aristcrat means a form of government, which means the wealthy, small group of people own the political power. This shift continues, Ephialtes and Pericles choose to enable the poorest society to join the politics, gradually forms the democracy. According to The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica(2014): "government by a relatively small privileged class or by a minority consisting of those felt to be best qualified to rule". " Such a form of government differs from the rule of one (by a monarchy or by a tyrant), of the ambitious, self-interested, or greedy few (oligarchy or timocracy), or of the many (democracy or mobocracy)". Though they regard to catch up the poorest class opinion, they don't regard to make decision by them, as the democracy. Oligarchy is similar for to Aristocracy, but it slight differs. According to Quizlet, "Oligarchy: form of government in which ruling power is in the hands of a few leaders". Oligarchy. However, it is more similar to the Tyranny, as the selfish puepose, with the limited group, not a single person. According to The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica(2014):"Oligarchy, government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish