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SIGNIFICANT FACTS ABOUT ANCIENT GREECE THAT WAS LEFT OUT OF LECTURE OooooPPPSS, I forgot…
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Key Terms Acropolis The fortified height or citadel of an ancient Greek city Polis A city-state was called a polis from which our modern word “politics: comes Agora ancient Greek marketplace. Greeks and other Mediterranean neighbors discussed issues in the marketplace and traded Tyranny was originally one who used the power of the populace in an unconventional way to seize and control governmental power in a polis. -Draco first code of law (included debt slavery) -Solon outlawed debt slavery, economic reforms
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Athens: Monarchy to Democracy Athens started with 1. Monarchy Then… 2. Aristocracy Then… 3. Tyranny Finally… 4. Direct Democracy
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Random Athens will stop using the barter system (trade item for another item) and use one system of currency to help ease trade throughout the Delian League Homer will write the Illiad and Odyssey Trojan War Mycenaean Empire vs. Troy
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