GK
WORLD HISTORY
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The mountains separated the city-states allowing each to form their own unique culture and form of government.
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The river valleys brought all of the city-states into one region causing conflict over land.
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The mountains pushed all of the city-states to form in the center of the Greek peninsula causing conflict over land.
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The extensive river valleys allowed all of the Greek city-states to form their own unique government and culture.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The mountains of Ancient Greece separated people geographically. Because of this, Greek city-states tended to be isolated from one another. This meant that societies grew and developed independently. City-states had their own governments.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mountains and the sea cut off Greek centers of population from one another; such geographic barriers led the Greeks to organize many independent “city-states”. Each city-state was called a “polis”. The first loyalty of the people was not to Greece as a nation but to their own city-state.
Detailed explanation-3: -The country’s mountainous terrain, many isolated valleys, and numerous offshore islands encouraged the formation of many local centers of power, rather than one all-powerful capital. Another key factor influencing the formation of city-states rather than kingdoms was the Mediterranean.
Detailed explanation-4: -Government evolved as well because most city-states had evolved from a monarchy to an aristocracy to an oligarchy. In the case of Athens, they had evolved into a new style of government called democracy.