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Copy of Greek City-States

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GREEK CITY-STATES

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GEOGRAPHY

  • Mountainous
  • City-states cut off from one another
  • Frequent wars
  • Skilled sailors, many bays
  • 750 BCE Greeks begin colonies
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GOVERNMENT

  • Polis
  • Monarchy
  • Aristocracy
  • Oligarchy
  • Changes in warfare

SPARTA

  • Dorian, Peloponnesus
  • Diarchy and council of elders
  • Focused on military
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ATHENS

  • Monarchy to aristocracy to democracy
  • Solon 594 BCE
  • Tyrant
  • Pisistratus and Cleisthenes

SIMILARITIES

  • Polytheistic
  • Barbaroi
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