Greek for High City; Normally placed upon a citadel, this area of the Greek Polis was reserved for the city-states most sacred and important structures like temples and state buildings.

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Greek for “High City”; Normally placed upon a citadel, this area of the Greek Polis was reserved for the city-states’ most sacred and important structures like temples and state buildings.

A	Acropolis
B	Agora
C	Mahajanapada
D	Archaic

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -What Is the Acropolis? The term “acropolis” means “high city” in Greek and can refer to one of many natural strongholds constructed on rocky, elevated ground in Greece, but the Acropolis of Athens is the best known.

Detailed explanation-2: -Polis, or Polis Chrysochous (Greek: ), located on the northwest coast of Cyprus within the Paphos District and on the edge of the Akamas peninsula.

Detailed explanation-3: -An acropolis is any citadel or complex built on a high hill. The name derives from the Greek akro, “high” or “extreme/extremity” or “edge", and polis, “city", translated as “high city", “city on the edge” or “city in the air", the most famous being the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, built in the 5th century BCE.

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