Many ancient civilizations had different government arrangements. For example, the Greek civilizations they were in the same general area worked by the same cultures, yet they had completely different governments. The Persians also, had many run ins with the Greeks, but their culture was not infringed by the Greek’s beliefs. There are many ways the these three civilizations are similar and different. It can be shown by examining information of how life was in the ancient civilizations. Also, the prefered civilization can be decided by evaluating the same information. Comparing and contrasting the civilizations would make it easier to come to this conclusion. The social values of these civilizations are also different as well the role women played. In ancient Athens the government was mostly a democracy. It had been reformed many times to be more of a democracy and less of one based on the leader, tyrant or conqueror. Solon was the first tyrant to institute democracy in this city-state. (Athens, Background). Solon made the voice of the people more prominent. His reforms were meant to limit the power of the aristocracy. One of the things that Solon did to change the way people were represented was he separated the city-states into social classes. Cleisthenes was also another tyrant that reformed Athens into a more democratic city-state. The Spartan government was very different to the Athenian government. Spartans even tended to think that the Athens were crazy and that their type of government would make the civilization collapse. Sparta was a dual monarchy (Sparta, Government Structure) which was two kings that ruled over the military and other aspects. There was also five ephors that were elected each year, they were used to handle certain civil judicial matters. The Persians were another story they were a monarchy and an actively conquering empire. Much of their government changed throughout their long rule with the changing of