Leonidas' decision to disobey the Council and march forward to the Hot Gates and vanquish the Persian army was founded in his determination not to surrender Sparta to Xerxes. When he presented his battle plan to the council and was given no as an answer. Despite his anger he doesn't want to disobey the Ephors, his wife persuades him to rethink his strategy and take 300 soldiers as his personal guard to battle along with the Greeks at the Hot Gates and reduce the Persian's army military capacity.
Someone who watches over and spectates the thing or event going on kinda like a supervisor.
<span>People are "pushed" away from the rural areas because of the lack of opportunities in such areas. Many young people are also "pushed" by a lack of cultural/social opportunities in the rural areas. "Pull" factors are those that make people want to come to a given place.</span>
Well most of the concepts in these documents were prevalent in previous society's. Representative democracy in Athens. Basic inalienable rights was in the English Bill of Rights. But a big change was the checks and balances of government. i.e how the president can veto congress, the Supreme Court can overturn a veto, and Congress can impeach Supreme Court judges.