Greek Unity and make up of Greek City State

Factors encouraging Greek Unity

Factors discouraging Greek Unity

Common Language, Religion, and festivals

Co-operative supervision of certain temples

Belief that the Greeks were descended from the same ancestors

Rugged Mountains separating the valleys

Rivalries between city-states

separate legal systems

independent calendars, money, weights and measures

Fierce spirit of independence

All Greek City States Had Similar Characteristics:

1. Small Size
2. Small population
3. An original polis (acropolis or high up place)
4. A public meeting place called an agora

This is how we identified whether or not it was a "Greek" city state.

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