Colonizationan
To establish a colony
Peninsula
Polis
City town or village, which was the focus and surrounding countryside. Small but very independent. Citizens assembled in polis for political, social, religious activities
City-state
A city that controls the surrounding area, countryside, towns, etc.
Acro polis
Acropolis
Sovereign units
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Hoplites
Non aristocratic soldiers who fought in a group- safety and success depended on solidarity and discipline… Anyone who could afford weapons and armor could join… They would challenge aristocratic control of the city-states
Phalanx
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Metropolis
The mother city or parent state of a colony, the chief city
Settlement
The act or state of setting or the state of being settled
aristocracy
A govt or state ruled by elite or privileged upper class
Aristocrat
Member of aristocracy
Tyrant
Took power in an unconstitutional (illegal) was because they were oppose to domination by a few aristocratic oligarchies … Aristocrats, new rich from trade and industry, and poor peasants became tyrants
Oligarchy
Govt. ruled by a few
Sparta
City state on souther Peloponnesian peninsula, army conquered large territory, conquered neighboring city-states, wanted more land
Helots
Lower class that served as salve labor for the Spartans
Military state
a state totally focused on war
Reforms
To form again
Lycurgus
Spartan lawgiver… Founder of spartan constitution, military institutions, and educational system
Spartans
People of Sparta
Ephors
( Spartan) Group elected each year and responsible for education of youth and conduct of all citizens
Assembly
A group of persons gathered together for a purpose… Govt. legislative body… Voted on issued put before it by council
Athens
Unified pols on peninsula of Attica
Attica
Location of Athens