HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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they used soldiers to take control
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all citizens voted them to power
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they paid merchants for support
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they inherited from a relative
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Detailed explanation-1: -Initially, the people of a Greek city-state chose the kings. When a king dies, another leader was selected to replace him. In time, however, kings demanded that, after their death, their power be passed to their children, typically the oldest son. Consequently, Greek monarchs rose to power through inheritance.
Detailed explanation-2: -Only the first king, Otto, was actually styled King of Greece (Greek: ). His successor, George I, was styled King of the Hellenes ( ), as were all other modern Greek monarchs.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mycenaeans, who ruled ancient Greece from 2000 to 1100 B.C.E., were warrior peoples who established monarchies to rule their kingdoms. The king of each city-state lived in a lavish fortressā« palace in the capital city. Beyond the capital city was an outlying network of villages.
Detailed explanation-4: -Greece formally remained a monarchy until it was abolished by the military junta in June 1973, followed by a July referendum confirming that decision. The restoration of the monarchy was overwhelmingly defeated, after constitutional legality was restored, by a free referendum in 1974.