Greek Government - 7 Points to Know About Ancient Greek Government - 2 views
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You may have heard that ancient Greece invented democracy, but democracy was only one type of government employed by the Greeks, and when it first evolved, many Greeks thought it a bad idea. In the pre-Classical period, ancient Greece was composed of small geographic units ruled by a local king. Over time, groups of the leading aristocrats replaced the kings. Greek aristocrats were powerful, hereditary noblemen and wealthy landowners whose interests were at odds with the majority of the populace.
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1. Ancient Greece Had Many Governments
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Sparta was less interested than Athens in following the will of the people. The people were supposed to be working for the good of the state. However, just as Athens experimented with a novel form of government, so also was Sparta's system unusual. Originally, monarchs ruled Sparta, but over time, Sparta hybridized its government: The kings remained, but there were 2 of them at a time so one could go to war, there were also 5 annually-elected ephors, a council of 28 elders [technical term to learn: Gerousia], and an assembly of the people
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Scientists Blame Gerbils (Not Rats) for the Black Death - History in the Headlines - 2 views
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Scientists Blame Gerbils (Not Rats) for the Black Death
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team of researchers now claims that blame may have been misplaced
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researchers from the University of Oslo analyzed climate data going back to the 14th century
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History: Middle Ages Monasteries for Kids - 6 views
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A monastery was a building, or buildings, where people lived and worshiped, devoting their time and life to God.
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The people who lived in the monastery were called monks. The monastery was self contained, meaning everything the monks needed was provided by the monastery community. They made their own clothes and grew their own food. They had no need for the outside world. This way they could be somewhat isolated and could focus on God. There were monasteries spread throughout Europe during the Middle Ages.
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only people in the Middle Ages who knew how to read and write. They provided education to the rest of the world.
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World History Chapter 8 "Ancient Greece" 2000 - 500 BC Section 1 "Geography a... - 3 views
Ancient Greek Government - Ancient Greece for Kids! - 5 views
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there were many different city-states in ancient Greece,
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Aristotle divided Greek governments into monarchies, oligarchies, tyrannies and democracies, and most historians still use these same divisions.
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In 510 BC, the city-state of Athens created the first democratic government,
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this is a good description of ancient Greek government
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This website talks about the government of ancient Greece.
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This website explains about Ancient Greece's government
The Great Human Migration | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine - 1 views
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This great migration brought our species to a position of world dominance that it has never relinquished and signaled the extinction of whatever competitors remained—Neanderthals in Europe and Asia, some scattered pockets of Homo erectus in the Far East and, if scholars ultimately decide they are in fact a separate species, some diminutive people from the Indonesian island of Flores (see "Were 'Hobbits' Human?").
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When the migration was complete, Homo sapiens was the last—and only—man standing.
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BBC News - 'Gerbils replace rats' as main cause of Black Death - 3 views
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If we're right, we'll have to rewrite that part of history."
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The Black Death, which originated in Asia, arrived in Europe in 1347 and caused one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.
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It had been thought that black rats were responsible for allowing the plague to establish in Europe, with new outbreaks occurring when fleas jumped from infected rodents to humans.
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History of the Early Islamic World for Kids: Islam in Spain (Al-Andalus) - 0 views
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Culture and Advancement
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Cordoba
Ancient Civilizations | Ancient History for Kids - 1 views
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This massive Arid climate makes it a strange place for a large population of people
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It flows north through the Sahara creating a long oasis in the desert eventually dumping into the Mediterranean Sea
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The Nile River is the world’s longest river
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Best content in Historywithholman&pennington | Diigo - Groups - 0 views
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Historywithholman&pennington
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This is a place for students to save web resources for use in Mr. Holman's and Mr. Pennington's World History classrooms.
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Much less evidence survives about Sparta than Athens, but we do know that it was a military state. Sparta was surrounded by mountains which protected it from invaders.
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Homer - Ancient Greece for Kids! - 1 views
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When Homer was born, the Greeks had just recently learned how to use the alphabet from the Phoenicians. Homer used the alphabet to write down two long epic poems called the Iliad and the Odyssey. Probably Homer didn't make up these stories, or even the words, himself. Poets or bards had been going around Greece telling these stories for hundreds of years already. But Homer wrote them down, and gave them their final form.
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