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The Greek City-States
- dark ages began to develop city states
- small places, population few thousand
- Athens and Sparta were the largest city states, population 250,000
- Greece was protected by the sea and rocky terrain
- acropolis - the high fortified citadel and religious center of ancient Greece
- hoplite - a armed and armored citizen- soldier of ancient Greece
- phalanx - a unit of several hundred hoplites, who closed ranks by joining shields when approaching the energy
- monarchy - a state in which supreme power is held by a single, usually hereditary
- oligarchy - a state in which supreme power is held by a small group
- triremes - massive fighting vessels with three banks of oars, used to ram or board enemy ships
- tyranny - rule by a self proclaimed dictator
- democracy - a form of government in which all adult male citizens were entitled to take part in decision making
- helots - non citizens forced to work for landholders in ancient city-state of Sparta
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