... an annual and elective. The council was primarily an advisor but because the decline of kingships, they became the primary scene of political rivalries. When families could not settle disputes, they went to the council and then to the assemblies. The assembly became the second place for settling political rivalries. In the assembly, people would call out their followers to fight for and later to vote for them. During the 8th century BC, influences from Orientals began to change the Greek communities. They borrowed the Phoenician and Semitic alphabet, and changed it for writing Greek. The way pottery changed in their societies showed they had foreign influences to the way they did things. The new styles in pottery were called "Orientalizing" styles. Since they adopted influences from Oriental cultures, it proves they had growth in overseas trade. Thus, this was likely to change the traditional societies of Greek. This colonization ...

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