HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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a city-state
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the Greek government
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a soldier with a spear
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a gathering place in the city
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Polis (plural: poleis) was the typical structure of a community in the ancient Greek world. A polis consisted of an urban centre, often fortified and with a sacred centre built on a natural acropolis or harbour, which controlled a surrounding territory (chora) of land.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Polis, the Greek City-State A polis was an autonomous community of Greeks who considered themselves to be distinctive from other Greeks. Every polis had its own citizen army, its own set of laws, and its own specific gods.
Detailed explanation-3: -Polis refers to city states of ancient Greece.
Detailed explanation-4: -Greek Polis Examples The two most powerful Greek poleis were Athens and Sparta, which were adversaries in the Peloponnesian War.