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direct democracy
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a system of government in which citizens participate directly rather than through elected officials. This system was popular in Athens during the age of Pericles. The Athenian Assembly met several times per month and required at least 6,000 members present before deciding important issues. The Greek system of democracy would be the basis for most western democracies.
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limited democracy
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A system of government in which decisions are made by the people in the landholding class. The main difference between a limited and direct democracy is that those who do not own property do not have a say in the government. This system first merged during the early Greek period and was the basis of the American and British systems
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oligarchy
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rule by a small group of powerful merchants. popular in sparta during the peloponnesian war
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geography (greek)
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Mountains and Valleys: Part of the Balkan Peninsula. Highly mountainous region, these mountains divide the area into a series of separate valleys.
Because of these barriers, the people set up independent city states on each island/valley and lived a traditional way of life |
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alexander the great
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Macedonian king who conquered Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt and Persia. He was responsible for the spread of Hellenistic culture, which was a combination of those cultures.
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