Today in Western civilization we discussed essential government terms which were 

polis: fundamental political unit, made up of a city and the surrounding countryside

politics (affairs of the cities), policy, political, etc.

monarchy: rule by a single person (a king, in Greece)

aristocracy: rule by a small group of noble, very rich, landowning families

oligarchy: wealthy groups, dissatisfied with aristocratic rule, who seized power (often with military help)

tyrant: powerful individual who seized control by appealing to the common people for support 

We discussed the transformation of the government which was

During the seventh and sixth centuries BCE, aristocrats ran the show in most of Greece

Really?!? Back then, rich people wielded much more influence in society, and held much more governmental power, than the middle class or the poor?  

Hmmm, what would THAT be like?