CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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large tracts of farmland and open space.
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a fort built on a hilltop.
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a large estate where Greek nobles lived.
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the agora, or marketplace.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the center of each polis was a fort built on a hilltop that had a fort called an acropolis.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. The temples and government buildings were often built on the top of a hill, or acropolis.
Detailed explanation-3: -acropolis, (Greek: “city at the top”) central, defensively oriented district in ancient Greek cities, located on the highest ground and containing the chief municipal and religious buildings.
Detailed explanation-4: -acropolis a citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically one built on a hill; the Acropolis is the name given to the ancient citadel at Athens, containing the Parthenon and other notable buildings, mostly dating from the 5th century bc.
Detailed explanation-5: -Athens. Athens emerged as the dominant economic power in Greece around the late sixth century BCE, its power and wealth was further bolstered by the discovery of silver in the neighboring mountains.