World History

Since the beginning of human history, people have organized themselves into communities. Coming together and establishing order are beneficial, as they allow for protections of safety and security. Together these form the foundation of human social agreement, but societies have structured themselves in vastly different ways over time. This often leads historians to speculate the reasons for variation in the evolution of government. Where did our contemporary understanding of government come from? Why is one government different from another? Many governments have risen from intense centralization of power; others have grown among a wide dispersion of power across the state. Ancient Greece can function as a specimen for historians, which one can look to for a stronger grasp on difference in society structure. This civilization was built from multiple city-states that all utilized varying forms of government. Studying these forms of government reveals not only the structures that were common in early human civilization, but also how distinct communities interacted with each other. Being a cluster of islands around a mainland, Greek city-states had much interaction throughout history. The other important factor of Greece was the level of documentation about the area and its influence done by scholars, such as Aristotle. Aristotle was a Greek philosophe