Ancient Greeks
The common Greek house consists of two stories with all the rooms built around a courtyard, and two rooms consisting of the andron and gynaikonitis, the men's and women's quarter's respectively, with the gynaikonitis on the second floor and the men's apartment just below it (Athenian pp). This arrangement makes it convenient for husbands to entertain in their quarters, which basically serves as a banquet room, without disturbing their wives (Athenian pp).
The main marketplace is called the Agora and serves as both the civic and commercial center (Athenian pp). It is where Athenians shop for daily food and supplies, and where on any typical day, citizens may participate in a variety of political activities, thus this is a crowded area of the city, with much hustle and bustle about (Athenian pp). The majority of the people in the marketplace are male, however there are a few Athenian women from the lower classes who, out of financial necessity, are there to do menial tasks such as fetching water, as are female slaves from the wealthier families (Athenian pp). The marketplace is generally regarded as a rather undesirable area, thus young males from aristocratic families are not allowed to spend much time there until they reach adulthood, and even then, it is considered bad character to frequent the Agora (Athenian pp).
Greeks can be quite inventive when it comes to coping with internal governmental and/or political problems (Kyrtatas pp). For example, colonialism is a successful remedy for land-hunger, which is among the main causes of social discontent (Kyrtatas pp). Exiling political leaders and their supporters gives other leaders a chance of executing their programs without challenge (Kyrtatas pp). For example, the Peisistratid tyrants were expelled from Athens (Hansen pp). And although wars with neighbors are not always victorious, they do however, tend to strengthen the internal front (Kyrtatas pp). Also important to daily life, is the fact that majority rules, which helps to...
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