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(04.2) The Polis
Typical polis, Greek colonies and trade, Political and social change,
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| polis | city state |
| citizens | those who took place in government |
| Agora | public square - where politics took place |
| colonies | outposts that provided its metropolis with grain |
| metropolis | parent city |
| aristocrats | land holding nobles |
| phalanx | rows of foot soldiers closely arrayed with sheilds pressed together |
| tyrant | one man who seizes control of government |
| tyranny | present meaning - rule by a cruel and unjust person |
| oligarchy | a few wealthy people hold power over the majority |
| democracy | government by the people |
| athens and sparta | two democracies of ancient Greece |
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