HANSON--MAYDICK

In the reading by Hanson "The Other Greeks", there were a few specific parts that stuck out in particular to me. It was interesting to see that in Attica during the Polis period the wealthiest landowners only held about four to five times more land then the average yeoman. It was then compared to the likes of modern day America and how it was not the same ratio at all. Wealthy landowners in modern day America can hold up to at least ten times more land then the average citizen. So everything was much more toned down in a sense. It was also interesting to me later on in the reading that the Demos was in some sense just like the Polis in terms of citizenship and landowning capabilities. But it completely left out the poorer residents that owned little land. These are just a few things that stuck out to me while doing the reading by Hanson.