Part I 1.) Catal Huyuk is deemed the first city in western civilization. Standing where modern day Turkey is, Catal Huyuk was built between 6700 BC and 5700 BC during the Neolithic period. During this time, which means "new stone age," the nomadic way of life was left behind. An agricultural revolution took place and for the first time humans settled down, and learned to farm and domesticate livestock. There was an organized division of labor, and tools …
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…the year 510 BC. After coming into power he made all citizens of Athens his "hetairoi," or companions. He weakened the clan system by eliminating the four tribes that had led to tyranny before. Instead, he organized the citizens into ten tribes based on where they lived. Another reform initiated by Cleisthenes was electing legislative bodies based on lot, not heredity or kinship. Cleisthenes referred to these changes as "isonomia," which means equality under the law.