gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:museum
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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Ancient Greece
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gptkbp:contrastsWith
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democratic leaders
hereditary kings
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gptkbp:governedBy
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city-states
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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ended aristocratic rule
sometimes promoted economic and social reforms
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Greek tyrants
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gptkbp:legacy
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term 'tyrant' later acquired negative connotation
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gptkbp:meaning
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ruler who seized power unconstitutionally
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gptkbp:methodOfRule
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autocracy
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gptkbp:notableCity
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gptkb:Athens
gptkb:Corinth
gptkb:Syracuse
gptkb:Argos
gptkb:Miletus
gptkb:Megara
gptkb:Sicyon
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gptkbp:notableExample
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gptkb:Cleisthenes_of_Sicyon
gptkb:Pheidon_of_Argos
gptkb:Polycrates
gptkb:Dionysius_I_of_Syracuse
gptkb:Peisistratus
gptkb:Cypselus
gptkb:Periander
Theagenes of Megara
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:nobleman
oligarchs
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gptkbp:overthrownBy
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democratic reforms
oligarchic coups
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gptkbp:period
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7th century BCE to 5th century BCE
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gptkbp:sometimesBenefited
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gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:cryptocurrency
gptkb:infrastructure
gptkb:military
arts
public works
trade
religious festivals
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gptkbp:supportedBy
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lower classes
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gptkbp:termOrigin
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Greek word 'tyrannos'
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Epistles_of_Phalaris
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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