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The Polis
About City-States
Polis
City-State, a city that had its own government, philosophy, etc.
Polis
Acropolis
Center of town life, where the temples for the gods would be, usually at the top of a hill.
Acropolis
Agora
A public space used for markets and assemblies.
Agora
Size and Population
City-States varied in size. Because of the mountains and the seas, most city-states were small and very independent. Athens was the largest having 300,000 people. (Most were MUCH smaller.)
Size and Location
Citizenship
Citizenship
City states were run by citizens. Citizens were treated as equals who have rights and responsibilities. In most city-states,only native-born men who owned land could be citizens. (The city-state was made up of their lands, and it was their responsibility to run it.)
Women and children might be citizens, but they did not have the same rights. Slaves and those born outside the city-state could not be citizens.
Soldiers
City-States depended on armies of ordinary citizens called hoplites. They fought on foot and went into battle heavily armed. Each soldier carried a round shield, a short sword, and a 9 ft spear. Row upon row of soldiers marched forward together, shoulder to shoulder in a formation called a phalanx. With their sheilds creating a protective wall, they gave their enemies few openings to defeat them.
Soldiers
Activity
Design your own city-state.
Look at the different aspects of a polis. Design your own on a blank piece of paper.
-Give it a Greek name.
-Design what the map would look like. (how big? next to any water? any mountains? farms? religious center? etc.) Yes you need to use color!
-In a short summary, write out who could be citizens, who would be in the army, and what being the army would mean (what weapons or resources would they have?).
-You may work on your own or with a partner. (No groups of 3+ unless I say so.)