GREEK CITY-STATES

City-state, geographic and political center of Greek life

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Agoge

• Polis

Fortified hill

• Acropolis

• Agoge

• Athens

• Agora

Open marketplace at the foot of the acropolis

• Agoge

• City-state

• Agora

Strong Greek city state, known for its military and located on the Peloponnesus

• Athens

• Sparta

• Knossos

• Olympia

Strong Greek city state, known for its navy and education, located on Aegean coast

• Sparta

• Knossos

• Troy

• Athens

Spartan nobles, owned land, lived at center of polis and were CITIZENS

• Ephors

• Helots

• Aristocrats

5 chosen by the assembly, in charge of public affairs and guiding the education of Sparta

• Helots

• Aristocrats

• Ephors

• Council of Elders

Enslaved people, owned by the city state, worked land for the aristocrats, NOT citizens

• Ephors

• Hoplite

• Aristocrats

• Helots

Neither citizens nor slaves, they were merchants and artisans

• Aristocrats

• Ephors

• Perioeci

• Council of Elders

Greek Soldiers

• Ephors

• Hoplite

• Helots

• Perioeci