Greek City States Argos, Corinth, Megara. The Greek Polis Polis: Greek word for city-statePolis:...

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City States Argos, Corinth, Megara

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Page 1: Greek City States Argos, Corinth, Megara. The Greek Polis Polis: Greek word for city-statePolis: Greek word for city-state What is it: City and area around.

Greek City

StatesArgos, Corinth,

Megara

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The Greek Polis

• Polis: Greek word for city-state

• What is it: City and area around it under its own government, with its own way of life.

• Essential mini-countries and cultures.

Page 3: Greek City States Argos, Corinth, Megara. The Greek Polis Polis: Greek word for city-statePolis: Greek word for city-state What is it: City and area around.

Argos• Protector: Goddess Hera• Geography:

• Located on plain, near harbor• Bad soil, farming difficult

• Became leaders in trade• Traded w/other city states• Invented coins• Made trade easier

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Argos• Arts:

• Created sculptures• Athletes w/perfect bodies

• Wrote plays, poetry, and music• Famous for its arts

• Government:• Ruled by Kings• Fought both Athens and Sparta

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Corinth• Protector: Apollo• Geography:

• Located on coast• Known as problem solvers

• Built aqueducts to bring fresh water to city

• Created its own coins (like Argos)• Richest of City-States

Page 6: Greek City States Argos, Corinth, Megara. The Greek Polis Polis: Greek word for city-statePolis: Greek word for city-state What is it: City and area around.

Corinth• Made Money in 2 ways

• Charge money to exchange coins• Could only use their coins to buy things in city

• Isthmus of Corinth• Thin strip of land connecting 2 larger pieces• Built stone track• Allowed them to drag ships across Isthmus• Charge a fee to do this

• Government and Military• Monarchy• All males spend 2 years in military school• Fought Athens and Sparta• Built large commercial and warship fleets.

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Megara• Protector: Artemis• Government: Monarchy

• People still had great deal of freedom

• Economy:• Traders• Created its own coinage• Established towns and outposts

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Megara• Arts:

• Beautiful statues• Colorful textiles (cloth)• Wrote plays, good at comedy

• Built arenas just for plays

• Military• Could fight• Preferred not to• Rather trade or negotiate


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