Acropolis
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)
In Greek, a fortress on a high hill is called an "Acropolis." The term derives from the words "akron," meaning "high" or "top," and "polis," meaning "city." The most famous example is the Acropolis of Athens, which served as a religious and cultural center in ancient Greece.
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Polis.
city : πόλη (poli)
The Acropolis polis = city, acro = peak, highest etc.
it's Polis because there was no Greek word for city
A polis, i think
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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.
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.
Polis is the early Greek city-state.