SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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city-states
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regional kingdoms.
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a unified empire under a single ruler.
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feudal vassals loosely controlled by a single ruler.
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Detailed explanation-1: -There grew to be over 1, 000 city-states in ancient Greece, but the main poleis were Athína (Athens), Spárti (Sparta ), Kórinthos (Corinth), Thíva (Thebes), Siracusa (Syracuse), Égina (Aegina), Ródos (Rhodes), Árgos, Erétria, and Elis. Each city-state ruled itself.
Detailed explanation-2: -The period of Ancient Greece after Alexander the Great is called Hellenistic Greece. During this time, the city-states of Greece fell into decline. The real centers of Greek culture moved to other areas in the world including the cities of Alexandria (Egypt), Antioch (Turkey), and Ephesus (Turkey).
Detailed explanation-3: -A Greek Oligarchy is a system of government in which a select group of people, sometimes very small in number, ruled over a city or land. Oligarchies were likely the most common form of city-state government in Ancient Greece and often occurred as a way to restore order and peace after democracy had failed in a city.
Detailed explanation-4: -Of these, Athens and Sparta were the two most powerful city-states. Athens was a democracy and Sparta had two kings and an oligarchic system, but both were important in the development of Greek society and culture.