HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Due to its size and geographical limitations, Greece was divided into empires.
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The ancient Greeks did not understand what government was, yet.
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Due to its size and geographical limitations, Greece was divided into city-states.
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Due to its size and geographical limitations, Greece was divided into empires.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The simple answer is geography. The terrain was too mountainous, so each valley was isolated enough to develop their own local polity and culture. Enough so that a Greek nationalistic identity wouldn’t emerge until modern times.
Detailed explanation-2: -One difference is that US has a representative democracy and Athens has a direct democracy. In Athens only men that owned property are allowed to vote. In the US any citizen over the age of 18 can vote. Those are the similarities and differences between Athens and the US.
Detailed explanation-3: -No, ancient Greece was a civilization. The Greeks had cultural traits, a religion, and a language in common, though they spoke many dialects. The basic political unit was the city-state.
Detailed explanation-4: -What caused the major difficulties in uniting ancient Greeks under a single government? The geography of the region. What separated the different regions within Greece? This powerful empire was driven from Greece shortly before the Golden Age of Athens began.