HST 150 Lecture 11: HST 150
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~a greek city-state, or polis, famous for becoming the strongest military power in. ~agricultural greek military polis that used slaves known as helots to provide agricultural labor. ~city-state that developed democracy and had golden age. ~a people who became sea traders because their soil was rocky & unproductive. They valued education, art, philosophy & were progressive, commercial, culturally advanced. After the persian war the poleis banded together to form the delian league. The peloponnesian war led to the end of greek polies. An an ancient kingdom ruled by alexander the great that conquered most of greece and the persian empire. It had a rough terrain and a cold climate. A group of people who lived in macedonia and were grouped into tribes. They were referred to as barbarians by the greeks. Had a lot of power due to their ethnic pride. Democracy in athens came to an end after these people conquered greece.
