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Men were important.
Any important men had slaves.
In order: Men in power, noble men, regular men, women, slaves

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Thebes used to be an oligarchy but eventually became a democracy.

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Thebes was preserved among the Greeks in an large mass of legends that rival the myths of Troy.

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Thebes re-emerged as an influential Greek city-state

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After killing a giant serpent (or dragon) which Ares had sent to protect the Areia Spring, Athena instructed Kadmos to sow the serpent’s teeth into the ground from which sprang up warriors who would found the city of Thebes.

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Today, Thebes is a busy market town, known for its many products.

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Thebes was short-lived, as the states that she protected refused to subject themselves to her control.

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The central position and military security of the city naturally tended to raise it to a commanding position among the Boeotians, and from early days its inhabitants endeavoured to establish a complete supremacy over outer cities.

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Thebes is situated in a plain, between Lake Yliki to the north, and the Cithaeron mountains.

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Thebes is a city in central Greece. Thebes was the biggest city of the ancient region of Boeotia (central Greece) and was the leader of the Boeotian confederacy. It was a major rival of ancient Athens, and sided with the Persians during the 480 BC invasion under Xerxes.

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Thebes was a major force in Greek history, and was the most dominant city-state at the time of the Macedonian conquest of Greece.