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The name of the individual tracts of land in Attika (Attica) which were defined by Cleisthenes (Kleisthenes) (circa 510 BCE) in an attempt to give each of the ten “tribes” an equal share in the wealth and government of Attika.

Each Deme was divided into three sections with:

  1. a city;
  2. an interior portion; and
  3. a coastal region.

Each Deme was independent in respect to its local finances but was required to provide Athens with hoplites and cavalry; the word Deme means “common,” as in common man or common soldier.

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