City State Rivals
What are two characteristics of a Tyrant?
1. one with absolute power
2. benefited their city
3. gave citizens more rightsWhich of these two states was a Military Society, Sparta or Athens?
Sparta
What are some facts about was Solon, the reformer Athens the young democracy in 594 BCE?
-tyrant-like
-ended farmers debts
-opened courts to all citizens
-common people praised him
What are some facts about Peistratus, 560 BCE, reformer of the young democracy of Athens?
-tyrant
-gave poor farmers land
-hired poor farmers to build temples
-gave loans to farmers
-built shrines to Athena
What are some facts about Cieisthenes, in the young democracy of Athans?
- made assembly main gov body
-assembly could dicuss issues freely
-term limits
-women voters