Ancient Greece

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Games, held to honor Zeus. They took place every four years

Armed citizens, who fought in the colonies against the natives or aggressive neighbouring tribes

Alternative name for the Athenian's people's assembly. Men from 20 years upwards who decide on laws, alliances, declarations of war and so on

The Greek _______ has its origin in Phoenicia and has been converted in order to make it easier to learn.

Ancient greek word meaning "the people" (men from 18 years upwards)

free square in the city centre surrounded by public buildings. It's where the noblemen used to assemble and to negotiate with the citizens about the interests of the city

the power of a small group. In ancient Greece this was the nobility.

______were excluded from politics but they played a big role at feasts

great council used to concern about the tasks of the nobility council, worked closely toghether with the people's assembly

bodies of government. There are ten in each geographical unit (city, inland territory, coast). Each _____sent 50 representatives into ^.

small cities, who, as states, decide on domestic policy and foreign policy

There are twelve of them. Some of them were patron saints of cities

Wrote the epics "Iliad" and "Odyssey"

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Citizens used to pray to the patron saints and to bring offerings

a ruler who could seize power in a city without official authorization. He could save his positon through military violence

specific example of a ^ .With his followers, he occupied all the state-run offices. He stirred up the displeasure of the noblemen who were excluded of the power. (around 545-510 BC)

From 594 BC on he carried out extensive reforms and published them in written form as laws. He seperated the population into four groups. He wanted to minimize the tensions within the population.

Resumed his(^) ideas. Seperated the geographical units mentioned above into ten districts each.

Officials with different areas of responsibility. There were nine of them and they were elected for one year. One representative each district. (the tenth representative is the secretary of council)

Nobility council, "Guardians of the law"/state supervision

From 750 BC on, emigrants of various origin founded some cities at the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, so-called c_______. Many of them are still of great importance today.

"Heliaia" was the name of the highest _______, also called supreme _______

"Cemetery"

equal distribution of poltical rights

Society, where peasants make up the majority

Peninsula where Athens is located