A _____ is a city which rules itself and its surrounding territory.
A city-state
a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
A city-state is a sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding territory.
A city-state is an independent or autonomous entity not administered as a part of another local government whose territory consists of a city and possibly its surrounding territory.
A city-state is an independent or autonomous entity not administered as a part of another local government whose territory consists of a city and possibly its surrounding territory.
Surrounding areas are places that are near the particular place in question, but not part of that place. For example, the suburbs of a major city are not part of the city itself, but they are part of its "surrounding areas."
A city-state was a city with limited surrounding land which could sustain and secure itself.
Metropolitan Area
The mountainous terrain lent itself to isolated populations which formed their own rules and laws, gradually developing into a polis or city annexing the surrounding agricultural area, and trading with other areas overseas.
A city-state is an independent or autonomous entity not administered as a part of another local government whose territory consists of a city and possibly its surrounding territory.
The noun 'city-state' is a singular, common, compound, concrete noun; a word for a city including its surrounding territory that forms an independent state; a word for a place.
The only city in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) is Canberra, which in itself is made up of several smaller cities.