Athens was the polis run by democracy; (basically the voice of the people.) With this, all the citizens gather and discuss/decide major issues and nominated the officials.
Sparta was run by 2 kings and geruisa as a form of council body and was very much a militarist dictature state.

How did enslaved Africans build strong community ties with one another in
the Americas?
Answer:
D. They drew elements from different African cultures to create a new
culture they could all participate in.
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The origin of the term "Middle East" is considered to be in the British India Office during the 1850s. It was popularized by Alfred Thayer Mahan, an American naval strategist who was referring to the region between Arabia and India in 1902. Mahan's definition of the Middle East was the area around the Persian Gulf.
What is now known as Germany or the Germanic Region