CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Athens
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Sparta
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polis
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community
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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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Polis (/ˈpɒlɪs/, US: /ˈpoʊlɪs/; Greek: , Ancient Greek pronunciation: [pólis]), plural poleis (/ˈpɒleɪz/, , Ancient Greek pronunciation: [póleːs]), means ‘city’ in Greek.
Detailed explanation-4: -Etymology. Learned borrowing from Latin-polis, from Ancient Greek (pólis, “city”).
Detailed explanation-5: -From Ancient Greek (pólis, “city-state”).