The city-states of Greece emerged in around 750 BCE, and reached their peak in the 5th Century BCE.
Athens and Sparta .
There were not just 14 states. At different times, there were different numbers. Here are some of them: Athens, Corinth, Thebes, Argos, Mycenae, Sparta, Knossos, Gortys, Phaestos, Pella, Potidea They spanned the entire Aegean sea. Look at slide # 2 on this website: http://www.scribd.com/doc/9266839/Ancient-Greece-CityStates
tradition of using a baby to signify the new year was begun in Greece around 600 BC
It was the year 146 BCE when the Romans won the battle of Corinth and the last parts of the Greek mainland was annexed to the Roman Republic as the Province of Greece that triggered the Greco-Roman era.
We only know that Andrew was crucified in Greece sometime towards the middle of the first century AD.
Spartains ate this discusting mix of pork blood vinigar and salt. Other citystates ate cheese, wine, grapes, and bread.
Athens and Sparta because they were the most dominate.
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To gain land for farming
Athens and Sparta .
The land was generally poor, so to gain food security, trade was used to buy external sources of food.
Sumerian citystates were originally theocracies.
Around 750 B.C. villages in a small area joined together to form a city in the shadow of a Acropolis began to develop their own tradition ad their own form of government and laws. Today these are called city-states.
There were not just 14 states. At different times, there were different numbers. Here are some of them: Athens, Corinth, Thebes, Argos, Mycenae, Sparta, Knossos, Gortys, Phaestos, Pella, Potidea They spanned the entire Aegean sea. Look at slide # 2 on this website: http://www.scribd.com/doc/9266839/Ancient-Greece-CityStates