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How did the government in ancient Greece develop?
One’s family of birth gradually became unimportant to citizenship.
The wealthy gained power as the city-states moved away from tyrants.
Citizens and noncitizens were able to participate in developing laws.
Power moved from the upper classes to include members of all social classes.
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Ancient Greece was not a single government. Instead, it was composed of dozens of cities that each formed their own independent governments called city-states. Most of these city-states originally had a system of government called a monarchy, where a single person ruled the city-state.