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It's like a state or a province, but it's mostly made up of an enormous city. For example, Athens was a city-state and Sparta was a city-state. Before democracy, each was ruled by a separate king.
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∙ 6y agoA usually walled city with a citadel (acropolis) as refuge, centre of culture and amenities and trade, plus agricultural land to support the populace. Each city-state, or polis, also had its own government. Some city states were monarchies ruled by kings or tyrants. Others were oligarchies ruled by a few powerful men on councils. Athens at one point became the worlds first democracy followed briefly for a few others.
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∙ 13y agoa sovereign state involving an independent city
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Who ruled most greek city states in 146 BC?
Aristotle was the noble class who ruled Greek city-states.
What is the basic unit of Greek society was the city states in Greek?
sparta
Did the Persian Wars pit Greek city-states against each other?
The Persian Empire recruited Greek city-states. A third of its navy at the sea battle of Salamis was from Greek city-states in Asia Minor. A third of its army at the land battle of Plataea was Greek.
By about what year were greek city states flourishing?
In the year 338 BCE the Greek city states flourishing. This ended in the year 600 BCE.
Who were citizens in most Greek city-states?
Polis
Why did greek city states establish colonies?
The Greek people led the greek city-states to set up colonies
What is the difference between Greek city states and Sumerian city states?
the city states
What similarities did the Persian war have with the Peloponnesian war?
They were different - one was Persia versus a coalition of Greek city-states; the other was Greek city-states versus Greek city-states.
Who ruled most greek city states in 146 BC?
Aristotle was the noble class who ruled Greek city-states.
Which three Greek city states had no colonies?
three greek city states without colonies were Athens, Sparta, and Knossos
What developed Greek city states?
what ideas developed in Greeks city-states
Which city-states created the world's first democracy?
Greek city-states
What is greek for city states?
Polis
The city-states of Greece were called?
a greek city state is a polis The question was about the alliances of Greek city-states. Don't know the Greek translation, but in English they are referred to as leagues. the alliance between the greek city-states was called Delian League. (weazol)
Which of the Greek city-states was the most militaristic?
Sparta was the Greek city-state that was most militaristic.
Who was allowed to compete in the Ancient Olympics?
Citizens of Greek city-states.Citizens of Greek city-states.
What ideas developed in Greek city-states.?
what ideas developed in Greeks city-states
