Two ways that geography influenced Greece was that mountains and valleys created city-states, the seas linked the city-states with the outside world.
Two differences between Athens and Sparta are 1) Sparta trained girls in athletics 2) Sparta received land from the government. 1) Athens girls learned crafts and poetry from their mothers 2) Athens had a barricaded corridor called the Long Walls.
Answer:A thesis turning point should cover the background information and what the essay is covering.
So if your thesis is about puppies, put the background information of puppies.
Because of the weakness of non-states (ones that werent official, just groups of people who called themselves states), and European powers had strong econimies and a well organized government. Hope this was useful :P