Greek Monarchy

Greek Monarchy

This restored Minoan Palace on the Island of Crete once housed one of the Greek monarchies. Around 1200BC, the Mycenae and Minoan civilizations were flourishing as monarchies. By 800BC, most of the Greek city states got rid of their monarchies because they were corrupt. As a result, Greece was decentralized; that is, each city state had its own government and social system. Only Sparta and Thessaly kept the monarchy. Sparta had a dual monarchy while Thessaly retained the traditionalhereditary monarchy. [JG] {CG} {SH}