Sparta and Athens
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elargentino10 on February 8, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tyrant | a ruler or person who has complete power and uses it in cruel or unjust ways |
| Oligarchy | form of government in which a few people have the power |
| Democracy | a form of government in which citizens govern themselves |
| Helots | in ancient Sparta, this was the term for the slaves that were owned by the state |
| Solon | abolished debt slavery and freed slaves. limited land allowed to be owned and extended citizenship. stopped the sale of grain. citizens gained more power |
| Peisistratus | Seized power from Solon and exiled nobles who disagreed with him. He also distributed those nobles' land to poor farmers in need. |
| Cleisthenes | An aristocrat, created a council of 500 and helped from Athenian democracy |
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