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Which part of the Greek polis was the fortified area located on the top of a hill?
The Acropolis polis = city, acro = peak, highest etc.
What does the suffix polis mean as in Cassopolis or Minneapolis?
in ancient Greece it meant, the area surrounding the fortified hill, or acropolis.
What is a fortified hill originally used for defense in every city-state?
An acropolis. A polis is a Greek city state.
What is the name for the large hill around which a Greek city-state grew?
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.
What was polis?
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.
Which part of the Greek polis was the fortified area located on the top of a hill?
The Acropolis polis = city, acro = peak, highest etc.
What does the suffix polis mean as in Cassopolis or Minneapolis?
in ancient Greece it meant, the area surrounding the fortified hill, or acropolis.
What is a fortified hill originally used for defense in every city-state?
An acropolis. A polis is a Greek city state.
The fortified area in a greek city state usually on top of a hill is called the?
acropolis
What is a fortified area usually on a hill?
Acropolis
What is a fortress on a hill is called?
Acro Polis
What is a fortress on a hill called?
Acro Polis
What is a polis and how did poleis shape the Greek world?
A polis was a city-state - a population group with an area of agricultural land, fresh water, often a port, and a fortified hill (acropolis), around which a city grew up. Each city was independent, and often at odds with its neighbours. Each developed its own form of government, developed cultural activities, and often sent surplus population to form new polis in other parts of the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Temple of the Greek goddess Athena built on a fortified hill in Athens?
I think it was Acropolis, (ACRO=high, POLIS=city) and I know Athena's Temple was the Parthenon, and the Parthenon was on Acropolis, so I hope this helps! :)
What is a fortress on a hill?
Acro Polis
What is the name for the large hill around which a Greek city-state grew?
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.
What has the author Marina Moxley written?
Marina Moxley has written: 'The analysis of the fortified hill-town Kastav in the Rijeka area to establish its potential for design renewal'
