CIVILIZATION
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -city-state, a political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory and serving as a centre and leader of political, economic, and cultural life.
Detailed explanation-2: -A city-state is a sovereign state centered on one many city which rules the surrounding countryside. Athens and Sparta are examples of ancient city-states.
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.
Detailed explanation-4: -A city-state is an independent city-and sometimes its surrounding land-which has its own government, completely separate from nearby countries. Monaco is a city-state. Today, there are only five city-states that are truly self-governing, but in the past this was more common.