Compared to the States and Empires of the near East

Compared to the states and empires of the Near East, the Greek polis

A) showed the same respect for the gods who directly or indirectly ruled the state.
B) moved away from theocracy in which law came from god to a secular rational state in which law was an expression of human intelligence.
C) generally avoided war due to the fact that its government was usually in the hands of its citizens.
D) possessed a similar type of hereditary rulership even when assemblies of citizens appeared.
E) tended to be territorially much smaller.