The Homer question is if he actually exists. I do not think he actually existed. Polis is a fundamental political unit. It made up of a city and the surrounding countryside. monarchy is ruled by a single person. Oligarchy is wealthy groups dissatisfied with aristocratic rule. A tyrant is a powerful individual who seized control by appealing the common people for support. Some famous people were Draco, Solon, and Cleisthenes. An hoplite is a well-armed soldier. Politics were no women and no middle class people. There were no slaves at all invited.
Today we watched a video called "Guns, Germs, and Steel". The main guy in the video was Jared Diamond who is a professor at UCLA, a biologist, an author, and is passionate in the study of birds. He traveled to Papua, New Guinea to learn what it was like to live there. People have lived in Papua for over 40,000 years with a similar life style. Cargo stands for there material goods. Pre-historical times (about 13,000 years ago) everyone was a hunter or gatherer. Sago- staple food that comes from trees. Barley + wheat were main crops.
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