How Did Greek City-States Work?

The ancient Greeks were divided into over 1,000 different city-states, from the bustling cities of Athens and Sparta to colonies in distant Afghanistan, but how exactly did these city-states work?

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[KhAnubis]

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[jovanweismiller]

'Acropolis' is like 'kremlin'. THE Kremlin is in Moscow, but virtually every mediaeval Russian city had a 'kremlin' a major fortified central complex or fortress.

[jakkakasunset]

Last time I was this early, the phoenicians hadn't got down to business

[dnkal]

One of the most crucial reasons if not the most crucial that city-states were so prominent was because of the extreme mountainous terrain of Greece and other reasons

[seangallagher]

Writing a paper about how independent Greek city states were from eachother while maintaining their strong identity as Greeks.... This video was very helpful

[marianoify]

0:17 that is what some dude, Phillips of Macedon thought long ago!

[MythologywithMike]

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[lerneanlion]

The Greeks did have an empire. It's called the Eastern Roman Empire, which is Greek in all but name.
Also, can you do a video about why and how the Golden Horde lasted the longest out of the four major Mongol khanates?

[georgios_]

0:40 alliances, religion, culture, Olympic Games, ethnicity, language, music etc.

[ianashman]

Great video! I always wondered how those cities actually operated and how they interacted.

[sonicvenom]

Nice video, even with the generalization while you were talking about the general classes and rights of people in Greek poleis(the rest is very good)

[SirioResteghini]

If you like city-states you should make a video about 13th-14th century Tuscany

[deadlycucumber]

1 hour later, still 0 dislikes. great video!

[ronik]

I just got the sudden urge to play Centurion after this ;-)

[KnowHistory]

Amazing video! Those 3D Animations were top-notch! :D

[anthonyholroyd]

So

Ionian
Dorian &
Aeolian

Are all modes of the western major scale (for European music theory nerds)

I'm now wondering what the connection is

[SunBepisMan]

Cool to see a video about Hellas, keep up the good work man

[scaryjacob]

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[Saviarai-Dravolika]

Athens and Sparta were essentially rivals. Athens specializes in trade, economics and technology, while Sparta specializes in their power and military prowess.