Human Geography Today in class we did a mini writing assignment on ancient Greece. We had to provide background information on seven terms. The first term, agora, was a public open space in ancient Greece that was used for assemblies and markets, and it was also the center of spiritual, political, artistic, and athletic groups. Polis is political entities ruled by their bodies of citizens, it is the origin of the word politics, metropolitan, and poll. The Greeks considered the date 508 BC the birthday of the Athenians Democracy and it was the first time ever in human history that people revolted against their ruler. Socrates...
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