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Highlight the rise of city kingdoms in ancient Greek civilization.

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The rise of city kingdoms began in the ancient Greek civilization, when about a few Greek villages in 800 BC combined together, and took the form of city states. Acropolis or fortification was built at the highest place in a city state, so that the city could remain safe. In the order of the rise of city states, many towns were established in whole of Greece and nearby Islands such as Sparta, Athens, Macedonia, Corinth and Thibes.

The kings ruled first in the city states and in the later period the landlords ended the monarchy. On the mainland of Greece there were two city states. Athens and Sparta, Gradually due to growth of population and trade midle class developed in cities. To reduce the power of landlords, middle and poor classes mixed up. Dictatorship emerged due to struggle between them. The Greek people called them Tyrant. Later dictatorship also ended and the plutocracy run by rich people came into existence. We can understand the characteristics of two city states on the mainland of Greece, in the following way.

State of Sparta: State of Sparta was different from other states of Greece. The main reason for this was the geographical situation here. The mountain ranges used to separate it from other states. Residents of Sparta were interested in militarism and wars. Therefore, boys were trained hard in warfare from the age of seven years. State of Athens: Located on the mainland of Greece, the state of Athens had large land extent and precious minerals. The Businessmen of Athens achieved glorious success in trade. As a result of this advanced civilization was developed here. Unlike Sparta, militarism was not developed here.

It is clear from the above description that the rise of city kingdoms in ancient Greek civilization was the result of the solutions sought for existing problems before the residents. This was the reason that the military system developed in the Sparta state, while the business system developed in Athens. The position of both the states was also different from the point of view of security. While Sparta’s residents did not leave their barracks without arms, independent citizens were living in Athens. In conclusion, we can say that city kingdoms of Greek civilization were the ‘foundation brick’ for modern human civilization.

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