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What is the significance of the Greek polis city-state and why was it significant?
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∙ 15y ago
A very brief introduction to the polis:
"The single greatest political innovation of the ancient Greeks was the establishment of the polis, or "city-state.
The age of the city-state in Greece is an age of dynamic and continual experimentation with political structures; this period of experimentation gave the European world most of its available political structures."
-Richard Hooker, WSU, 1996
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/POLIS.HTM
Pretty much the significance of the polis was that it resulted in political innovation, and eventually lead to the development of political structures such as oligarchy, timocracy, tyranny, and democracy.
The Greeks also were the first to develop models based on gynocratic (ruled by women) as well as communistic societies, as can be seen in Aristophanes' play Ecclesiazusae and Lysistrata. Plato also developed a communistic model in The Republic.
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What is the greek word for citystate?
Polisπόλις
What is an anlos?
An anlos is a double flute! It is from ancinent greece. A lyre is a small harp also from ancient greece. A hellene is a greek person. A polis is a greek citystate
What is a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding land?
A city-state, used in many early civilizations.
What is the Greek name for city state?
it's Polis because there was no Greek word for city
Around what feature was a Greek polis usually built?
Q: Around what feature was a Greek polis built?A: A Greek polis was usually built around a strong fortress.
What is the sentence for polis?
i live in indianapolis ,a greek polis is athens
3 How did the Hellenistic polis differ from the earlier Greek Polis?
Hellenistic polis varied greatly from the original greek polis. I would suggest checking out UNC website. There is a link to it below.
What is the plural form of the Greek word polis?
The plural form of the Greek word polis is poleis.
Define the concept of a polis?
Polis is the early Greek city-state.
How is a polis similar from a city-state?
Polis is a greek word for city-state.
What words originate from the Greek word Polis?
Often one finds that English words are derived from Greek words. This couldn't be farther from the truth with the Greek word Polis. The Greek word Polis is found in modern words: metropolis, Annapolis,and Minneapolis.
What is the Greek word for towns?
The Greek word for town is η πόλη(the town/city. The plural is οι πόλεις(the towns/cities). For simple words or sentences, just use Google Translate. It's much faster than waiting for an answer.
