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* polis is characterized by citizens not subjects | * polis is characterized by citizens not subjects | ||
** citizenship = rights, protections, and responsibilities | ** citizenship = rights, protections, and responsibilities | ||
[[File:AncientGreekDialects (Woodard) en.svg|thumb|Ancient Greek Dialects (Woodard) en (wikipedia)]] | |||
* Greek city states were generally aligned by language and religion | |||
** the Dorian states included Sparta and Corinth | |||
** Athens considered itself an indigenous (original) people | |||
*** Athens existing during the Mycenaean period and was not impacted by the Dorian invasion | |||
*** its language group was Attica, which is closely related to Ionian | |||
* ancient sources on the rise of the Polis: | * ancient sources on the rise of the Polis: | ||
** Aristotle, "This is the polis. It has come into being in order, simply, that life can go on; but now it exists so as to make that life a good life." (from http://www.freewalt.com/socialstudies/history/world/grecoroman/greeks/archaic.htm) | ** Aristotle, "This is the polis. It has come into being in order, simply, that life can go on; but now it exists so as to make that life a good life." (from http://www.freewalt.com/socialstudies/history/world/grecoroman/greeks/archaic.htm) | ||
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Small but sovereign political unit (not originally a democracy) | Small but sovereign political unit (not originally a democracy) | ||
**Plato Republic, 2.369b-c, p. 46. Plato writes an account of Socrates' view of the political foundations of a hypothetical city. Socrates says that "each of us isn't self-sufficient but is in need of much." He then says, "So, then, when one man takes on another for one need and another for another need, and, since many things are needed, many men gather in one settlement as partners and helpers, to this common settlement we give the name city." | **Plato Republic, 2.369b-c, p. 46. Plato writes an account of Socrates' view of the political foundations of a hypothetical city. Socrates says that "each of us isn't self-sufficient but is in need of much." He then says, "So, then, when one man takes on another for one need and another for another need, and, since many things are needed, many men gather in one settlement as partners and helpers, to this common settlement we give the name city." | ||
* links for Archaic Age | * links for Archaic Age | ||