Helot {Ans: In the society of ancient Sparta, peasant bound to the land}Dorian {Ans: A Greek-speaking people that, according to tradition, migrated into mainland Greece after the destruction of the Mycenaean civilization}Oligarchy {Ans: A government in which is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth}Persian wars {Ans: A series of Wars in the fifth century BC., in which Greek city states battled the Persian empire.}Monarchy {Ans: A government in which power is in the hands of a single person}Aristocracy {Ans: A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility}