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Polis - Greek for city-states
Athens and Sparta were only the size of a couple counties in the U.S. but were huge compared to other city-states
Acropolis is a combination between a fortress and a temple precinct.
Parthinan - place of the Maiden (Doric Columns) <--- bit of my own knowledge
Polites - citizens
Armies were made of their own men
Hoplites - men at arms
Bronze helmets and armor, rounded shields, long spears with iron blades, and short iron swords
Phalanxes - roller type of battle formation
Triremes - massive fight vessels w/ three banks of oars, used to ram enemy ships
Helots - Non citizens forced to work for landholders in the ancient city-states of Sparta
Aristocrats - Members of prominent and long-established Athenian Families
Ostracism - Banishment for ten years by major vote of the Athenian Assembly
Athens: May have reached up to 250,000 people, worshiped Athena, strong Navy, welcomed foreign ideas, very wealthy and powerful, had fertile soil, produced wine and oil, traded a lot w/ Spain, Palestine, Egypt, and Russia, was a democracy, Golden age 460-430,
Sparta: Ordinarily the population is around a few thousand, was Oligarchy by fifth century B.C., Farms were run by helots, boy were taken from their homes at the age of 7 and taught how to be a man, permitted to merry at age of twenty, the Oligarchy was run by mostly the richest of the community, didn't have much good farm land and was mostly landlocked, wanted to be culturally in isolation,
Monarchy: Gov. by kings
Oligarchy: Rule by few
Democracy: Government by the common people
Tyranny - Rule by a self proclaimed dictator (Tyrant)
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