CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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Olive oil, wine and novelties were traded along the Mediterranean Sea
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Spartan government was an oligarchy.
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Agricultural wealth determined social status in Greece
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Pericles built the Parthenon
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Detailed explanation-1: -Oligarchy refers to a small group of people who govern a nation together. Democracy refers to a system of government in which every person has the right to participate. The two city-states that best represent each form of government were Sparta (oligarchy) and Athens (democracy ).
Detailed explanation-2: -The sparsity of ruins from antiquity around the modern city reflects the austerity of the military oligarchy that ruled the Spartan city-state from the 6th to the 2nd century bce.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sparta had a highly unusual system of government. Two kings ruled the city, but a 28-member ‘council of elders’ limited their powers. These men were recruited from the highest social class, the aristocratic Spartiates.