HIST 205 Lecture 6: Lec 006 Jan 19th HIST 205
5 Apr 2018
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The polis is the people : definition: politically independent city states a result of a boom in colonialization post. High level of connection between city and countrysides different from bronze. Age, which had less less interconnection: agora, temples and sanctuaries, asty (urban centre) and chora (countryside, acropolis, walls. Physical linked to institutional: ekklesia-assembly: almost every polis had one people come together to have a discussion (ekklesia=people, boule-council (executive council, magistrates (can have a lot or very few different for each polis, courts, laws (nomoi, cults. The people: demos not peasants or slaves; fully active people in the community with political rights, citizens, eunomia freedom from being mistreated equality (definition of. In sum: poor people couldn"t be trusted because they didn"t have a stake in the community . According to aristotle: rise of the polis = heavier reliance on infantries and warfare.
