The Greek Polis: Warring City States
1) Polis- The fundamental political unit in ancient Greece.
Acropolis- On a fortified hilltop citizens gathered to discuss city government
Monarchy- A government ruled by a single person called a king.
Aristocracy- A government ruled by a small group of noble landowning families.
Oligarchy- A government ruled by a few very powerful people.
Tyrant- Powerful individuals, usually nobles or other wealthy citizens, sometimes seized control of the government by appealing to the common people for support. Unlike today, tyrants were generally not considered harsh or cruel. Rather, they were looked upon as leaders who would work for the interests of the ordinary people.
Democracy- Rule by the people.
Helot- Peasants forced to stay on the land they worked. Each year, the Spartans demanded half of the helots' crops.
Phalanx- The formation in which foot soldiers called hoplites stood side by side, each holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other.
Persian Wars- Between Greece and the Persian Empire, began in Ionia on the coast of Anatolia.
2) In my opinion the most important event was Sparta's Government because it is still used today and if it was not we would probably still had kings as rulers and would not be as successful as we are.
3) Oligarchy is the rule of the few in a generic way where on the other hand aristocracy is a form of governing where administration or power is in the hands of a special class of people. Aristocrats are connected to royal families through blood, whereas an Oligarchy is not.
4) Solon contributed to Athenian democracy by outlawing debt slavery and proposing that all citizens could bring charges against another and participating in the assembly. Cleisthenes allowed all citizens to submit and debate resolutions, weakened the power of the nobility, and established the council of five hundred.
5) Athens benefited from its victory in the Persian Wars by becoming even more powerful and acquiring an empire of sorts through in wartime Delian League, later presupposed as an Athenian organization for controlling other city states and increasing its own power.
Acropolis- On a fortified hilltop citizens gathered to discuss city government
Monarchy- A government ruled by a single person called a king.
Aristocracy- A government ruled by a small group of noble landowning families.
Oligarchy- A government ruled by a few very powerful people.
Tyrant- Powerful individuals, usually nobles or other wealthy citizens, sometimes seized control of the government by appealing to the common people for support. Unlike today, tyrants were generally not considered harsh or cruel. Rather, they were looked upon as leaders who would work for the interests of the ordinary people.
Democracy- Rule by the people.
Helot- Peasants forced to stay on the land they worked. Each year, the Spartans demanded half of the helots' crops.
Phalanx- The formation in which foot soldiers called hoplites stood side by side, each holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other.
Persian Wars- Between Greece and the Persian Empire, began in Ionia on the coast of Anatolia.
2) In my opinion the most important event was Sparta's Government because it is still used today and if it was not we would probably still had kings as rulers and would not be as successful as we are.
3) Oligarchy is the rule of the few in a generic way where on the other hand aristocracy is a form of governing where administration or power is in the hands of a special class of people. Aristocrats are connected to royal families through blood, whereas an Oligarchy is not.
4) Solon contributed to Athenian democracy by outlawing debt slavery and proposing that all citizens could bring charges against another and participating in the assembly. Cleisthenes allowed all citizens to submit and debate resolutions, weakened the power of the nobility, and established the council of five hundred.
5) Athens benefited from its victory in the Persian Wars by becoming even more powerful and acquiring an empire of sorts through in wartime Delian League, later presupposed as an Athenian organization for controlling other city states and increasing its own power.
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