Citizens and Communities: The Greek City'States
- Greek city-state were small places
- population of both country numbered only a few thousand
- town was built around a hill and they had acropolis(a combination of fortress and temple precinct) at the top
- worship of the god or goddess was the most important activity
- all the Greeks were entitled to participate and share to a greater or lesser extent
- the Greek language is the first that is known to have had a specific word for a member of such a community
City-States and Citizens
- Greece was protected by the land and sea
- Greece occupied a wealthier land than Mesopotamia or Phoenicia
- But they couldn't afford professional solders or large cavalry forces
- Citzen who could afford to serve as hoplites equipped themselves with bronze helmets and armor, round shields, long spears with iron blades, and short iron swords
- Greeks male citizens had to fight for their city-states
- Phalanxes, or rollers fought in formidable shock units of several hundered men each
- Poorer citizen fought as light-armed infantry
- Citizens were reinforced to believe to have been founded and developed by a family or clan
- Citizenship was in fact a matter of birth: the statue of a father determined that of his children
Monarchy, Oligarchy, Tyranny, Democracy
- City-state of Greek ruled by kings and their leading companion warriors, as described in the epocs of Homer
- Monarchy provided the way to distribute power more widely among the male citizen
- Oligarchy ="rule by a few" : minority citizen dominated the government and majority citizen was limited in many way
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