Question

1. power-hungry militants who grabbed absolute control by force Solon 2. set the rules and maintained authority within the city-state "direct democracy" 3. first name given to the Greek democracy tyrants 4. lofty, financially well-to-do citizens who carried much power within the community nobles 5. In 594 B.C. he was chosen as an Athenian statesman with reformation powers assembly

Answer 1

1. Tyrans were power-hungry militants who grabbed absolute control by force. Peisistratids is the common term for the three tyrants who ruled in Athens from 546 to 510 BC.
2. Assembly set the rules and maintained authority within the city-state.
3. Direct Democracy was the first name given to the Greek democracy. Athens practiced a political system of direct democracy in which participating citizens voted directly on legislation and executive bills.
4. Nobles were lofty, financially well-to-do citizens who carried much power within the community. They were landowners that ruled Athens by their consul the Supreme Court.
5. Solon was chosen In 594 B.C. as an Athenian statesman with reformation powers and is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against the political, economic and moral decline in archaic Athens.