WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Polis refers to city states of ancient Greece.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Greek word for city-state is polis, or in the plural form, poleis. A polis was a centralized, urban area. Each Greek city-state, or polis, had independent rule over its area; each polis was sovereign.

Detailed explanation-3: -Other definitions for polis (2 of 2)-polis. a combining form, meaning “city, ‘’ appearing in loanwords from Greek (metropolis), and used in the formation of placenames (Annapolis).

Detailed explanation-4: -polis (n.) “ancient Greek city-state, ‘’ 1894, from Greek polis, ptolis “citadel, fort, city, one’s city; the state, community, citizens, ‘’ from PIE *tpolh-“citadel; enclosed space, often on high ground; hilltop” (source also of Sanskrit pur, puram, genitive purah “city, citadel, ‘’ Lithuanian pilis “fortress").