city state
Polis is a word. It means Greek city state.
a greek city state is a polis The question was about the alliances of Greek city-states. Don't know the Greek translation, but in English they are referred to as leagues. the alliance between the greek city-states was called Delian League. (weazol)
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Polis
Polis.
The Acropolis polis = city, acro = peak, highest etc.
city : πόλη (poli)
it's Polis because there was no Greek word for city
A polis, i think
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polis
Many Greek cities were built on a rocky hill called an acropolis. The name acropolis was from the Greek word akros, meaning highest, and polis, meaning city.
Polis is a greek word for city-state.
Polis is the Greek word for a city-state, that is a tract of farmland on which was built a city and its protective fortress (acro-polis = high city, that is the fortress on a hill, around which the city came to be built). It was independent - self ruled - which is why the term city-state is used.
city state
Polis is the early Greek city-state.