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CITY STATES: The city which developed as independent and sovereign state is called as city state.
As, the city states were raised where there is more population and all follow only a single idea.
☆ The first rise of city states was took place in Greece.
☆ Greece is an ancient country in Europe.
☆ Athens is the capital city of Greece.
The two cities which rose as city states were:
---> ATHENS
---> SPARTA
▪ ATHENS : This is a city where great ideas were taken birth. Athenians had shown a great interest in arts, literatures , sculptures, games etc. .
☆ As, people of Athens also built many churches and other worship houses.
☆ This state gave importance to the gods of Greece.
☆ The Olympics games were started here in 770B.C Olympia.
▪ SPARTA : This city was developed opposite to Athens.As , here militaristic rule was continued by two kings and a group of officers to examine the political views.
☆ Sparta had many revolts and revolutions in its history.
☆ As, women got full rights than the city of Athens...
HOPE THIS HELPS U @MP #MAHABOOBPASHA #☺☺
CITY STATES: The city which developed as independent and sovereign state is called as city state.
As, the city states were raised where there is more population and all follow only a single idea.
☆ The first rise of city states was took place in Greece.
☆ Greece is an ancient country in Europe.
☆ Athens is the capital city of Greece.
The two cities which rose as city states were:
---> ATHENS
---> SPARTA
▪ ATHENS : This is a city where great ideas were taken birth. Athenians had shown a great interest in arts, literatures , sculptures, games etc. .
☆ As, people of Athens also built many churches and other worship houses.
☆ This state gave importance to the gods of Greece.
☆ The Olympics games were started here in 770B.C Olympia.
▪ SPARTA : This city was developed opposite to Athens.As , here militaristic rule was continued by two kings and a group of officers to examine the political views.
☆ Sparta had many revolts and revolutions in its history.
☆ As, women got full rights than the city of Athens...
HOPE THIS HELPS U @MP #MAHABOOBPASHA #☺☺
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One major reason why ancient Greece was dominated by small city-states and independent towns, rather than by one all-powerful king, is its geography. The country's mountainous terrain, many isolated valleys, and numerous offshore islands encouraged the formation of many local centers of power, rather than one all-powerful capital.
Another key factor influencing the formation of city-states rather than kingdoms was the Mediterranean. Such a calm and easily navigable sea provided the Greeks with an opportunity to found new colonies in times of crisis and overpopulation. It also appealed to their sense of heroism and adventure. Starting in the 8th century BC, colonies were eventually founded all over the Mediterranean, from Naples in Italy, to Marseilles in France, Cyrene in Northern Africa, Byzantium, close to the Black Sea, and numerous cities all along the western coast of modern-day Turkey. These colonies remained in contact with their mother cities, and acknowledged their 'blood ties' with them, but in most other respects they soon acted independently of them.
A final reason behind the development of city-states was the Greek aristocracy, who acted to prevent any permanent monarchies from forming. They defended the political independence of their cities vigorously. As a result any individual who did manage to take over a city could only hope to do so for a short time as a 'tyrant' rather than a king.
The other Greek city-states
Ancient Greece - relief map from The Greeks documentary
Altogether there were over 1500 city-states in the Greek world, but some of these would barely qualify as towns in modern terms. Even Athens, by far the largest of all city-states, only contained an estimated population of about 200,000 people in the year 500 BC. Many of these people would have lived not in the city but in the surrounding countryside, and only about 35,000 men would have been full citizens.
In comparison, other important cities, like Corinth (with about 10,000 citizens), and Argos (with 15,000 citizens) were relatively small.
Sparta had even fewer citizens, but was in many ways an exceptional case. Its powerful military elite ruled over nearly four thousand square miles, almost all of the Peloponnesian peninsula. Yet the vast majority of these people were not citizens at all but slaves, tied to the land of their masters.
One major reason why ancient Greece was dominated by small city-states and independent towns, rather than by one all-powerful king, is its geography. The country's mountainous terrain, many isolated valleys, and numerous offshore islands encouraged the formation of many local centers of power, rather than one all-powerful capital.
Another key factor influencing the formation of city-states rather than kingdoms was the Mediterranean. Such a calm and easily navigable sea provided the Greeks with an opportunity to found new colonies in times of crisis and overpopulation. It also appealed to their sense of heroism and adventure. Starting in the 8th century BC, colonies were eventually founded all over the Mediterranean, from Naples in Italy, to Marseilles in France, Cyrene in Northern Africa, Byzantium, close to the Black Sea, and numerous cities all along the western coast of modern-day Turkey. These colonies remained in contact with their mother cities, and acknowledged their 'blood ties' with them, but in most other respects they soon acted independently of them.
A final reason behind the development of city-states was the Greek aristocracy, who acted to prevent any permanent monarchies from forming. They defended the political independence of their cities vigorously. As a result any individual who did manage to take over a city could only hope to do so for a short time as a 'tyrant' rather than a king.
The other Greek city-states
Ancient Greece - relief map from The Greeks documentary
Altogether there were over 1500 city-states in the Greek world, but some of these would barely qualify as towns in modern terms. Even Athens, by far the largest of all city-states, only contained an estimated population of about 200,000 people in the year 500 BC. Many of these people would have lived not in the city but in the surrounding countryside, and only about 35,000 men would have been full citizens.
In comparison, other important cities, like Corinth (with about 10,000 citizens), and Argos (with 15,000 citizens) were relatively small.
Sparta had even fewer citizens, but was in many ways an exceptional case. Its powerful military elite ruled over nearly four thousand square miles, almost all of the Peloponnesian peninsula. Yet the vast majority of these people were not citizens at all but slaves, tied to the land of their masters.
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