SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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City-States
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Cities
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States
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Colonies
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Detailed explanation-1: -There grew to be over 1, 000 city-states in ancient Greece, but the main poleis were Athína (Athens), Spárti (Sparta ), Kórinthos (Corinth), Thíva (Thebes), Siracusa (Syracuse), Égina (Aegina), Ródos (Rhodes), Árgos, Erétria, and Elis. Each city-state ruled itself.
Detailed explanation-2: -Introduction 2500 years ago, two totally different city-states dominated Greece. Athens was an open society, and Sparta was a closed one. Athens was democratic, and Sparta was ruled by a select few.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nowadays, we have Singapore, Monaco, and the Vatican as the modern independent city-states; whereas cities such as Hong Kong, Macau, and Dubai are autonomous cities-independently functioning with their own governments but are still part of larger nations.