Why did greek city-states remain independent of each other instead of merging into a ingle country?

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. and i live on, but in grief and self-contempt, left here without the light i loved so much, in a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt. no more love songs, then, i have done with such; my old skill now runs thin at each attempt, and tears are heard within the harp i touch. (lines 9-14) which of the lines, taken from the sestet shown above, is the volta?

In what year did vladimir lenin and the bolsheviks seize power in russia? 1885 1900 1917 1961

Which scenario best illustrates the principle of popular sovereignty?