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Cleisthenes broke up the power of the nobility by organizing citizens into ten groups based on where they lived rather than on their wealth. He also increased the power of the assembly by allowing all citizens to submit laws for passage and debate.
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Around 546 BC, the Persian conquered the area of Anatolia, where the Greeks had long been settled before hand.
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In this time period, Sparta had the most powerful army in Greece.
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Draco developed a legal code in 621 BC based on the idea that all Athenians, rich and poor, were equal under the law.
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In 650 BC, Messenia was resentful over Spartan's harsh rule. In result,they revolted.
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in 725 BC, Sparta conquered the neighboring region of Messenia and took over the land. The Messenians became helots, peasants forced to stay on the land they worked.
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City-States are made up of a city and it's surrounding country-side.
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In 594 BC, Solon came to power. He stated that no citizen should own another citizen. Solon outlawed debt slavery.
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in 480 BC, the Spartans along with many other Greek city-states, fought against Persia at the pass of Thermopylae.
