Why did independent city-states develop in ancient Greece?

Settlements were isolated from each other by mountains and seas. Minoans took the best farmland on mainland Greece and other groups had to settle where they could. Language differences made it difficult for groups to communicate.

harding's opponent in the 1920 election was ohio governor and newspaperman james m. cox, who had won the democratic nomination in a 44-ballot convention battle. harding rejected the progressive ideology of the wilson administration in favor of the laissez-faire approach of the mckinley administration.

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