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The Polis
- community of free people making up a city state
- critical factor in greece was citizenship
- greeks were citizens rather than subjects
- The Agora
- an open area for markets, public structures, and public gatherings
- The acropolis
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Athens was the largest
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each polis was a distinct political and cultural unit
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not all residents were citizens
- citizens were native-born, free males over the age of 20
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four types of governments in greek poleis
- monarchy
- oligarchy
- tyranny
- democracy
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Athens and Sparta were the most important poleis
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Corinth and Thebes were also important
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there were many others