CIVILIZATION
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agora
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colony
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peninsula
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polis
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phalanx
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Detailed explanation-1: -A city-state, or polis, was the community structure of ancient Greece. Each city-state was organized with an urban center and the surrounding countryside. Characteristics of the city in a polis were outer walls for protection, as well as a public space that included temples and government buildings.
Detailed explanation-2: -polis, plural poleis, ancient Greek city-state. The small state in Greece originated probably from the natural divisions of the country by mountains and the sea and from the original local tribal (ethnic) and cult divisions.
Detailed explanation-3: -1. 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-4: -The Greek city-states had no one form of government. Their leadership structures were as varied as the city-states themselves. Most had some form of oligarchy, where a few elites ruled over the rest. Sparta was among these, having both a council and two kings who specifically controlled military matters.
Detailed explanation-5: -Heliopolis, Egypt. Persepolis, Iran. Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine.