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In ancient history there was a very important civilization with a great influence in the

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following years. They were the Greeks. Their civilization began 1,000 years before Christ.

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The Greeks lived in Greece, in city-states called polis. The most important polis were Athens and

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Sparta. Greek city-states had some common characteristics. Each of them had their

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own governors. These governors were elected by free people. Free people were

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only men older than 18 years old that were citizens, that means not slaves or

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foreigners, and they could vote. This was the origin of democracy.

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Police also had their own laws and their own army. The Greeks expanded their

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territory through the Mediterranean Sea and created colonies in different places.

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In the Iberian Peninsula, they created Rosas, Ampurias, Sagunto and Denia. Greek

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colonies were fortified, they had walls for protection. They had two important

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parts, the Acropolis, where the most important buildings were, like the temple,

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and the Agora, which was a square where the market was and citizens walked and discussed.