The Greek City-States Flashcards
What are some examples of “Polis?”
Acropolis: high city, Metropolis: Mother City, Politician: One who serve the city, Politics: the act of running a city, Police: Protectors of the city.
Three purposes or ideas of Polis.
Geography, community, and economy.
Definition of Polis?
a city-state. Basic political unit of Hellenic (Greek) civilization. -Main City, -surrounds a fort, - independent & self-sufficient.
Why Polis?
like a family, “good” of the polis was a priority, supply grain to mainland, permanent settlements, population & trade, cooperate for defense.
Typical Polis!
city & surrounding villages, orchards, acropolis, temple of the local deity, Main square (acropolis) carry out public affairs, agora aka marketplace, forts for people to be safe in war.
Where was Polis created?
where: Athens and area to lonia, Attica region (Athens), Mainland Greece, Crete, Islands, Northern portions still nomaidc agriculturists.
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Reasons for creativity of city-states:
Mycenean Kings–> aristocrats, class of non-royalty grew, individual agora, crop supply, economic growth.
Similarities in city-states.
small areas of land, -Athens (smaller than Rhode Island), -Sparta, (smaller than Connecticut), small populations (most fewer than 10,000), acropolis & agora, language and gods, see non-Greeks as barbarians.
Differences between city-states.
Independent identities, pride and loyalty in their polis, each had its own government and lands.
Citizens of Greek-City states.
men raised from his particular city-state, citizen rights & responsibilities - votes, hold public office and own property, serve in government, defend in war, citizens were in the minority, slaves, foreigns- born residents, and women——> no political or legal rights.
