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πόλεις (or polis). The English word "metropolis" derives from the same word.

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Athens; Sparta.

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Was the polis the independent City in ancient Greece?

Yes.


What was the independent country in Ancient Greece?

Ancient Greece comprised over 2,000 independent city-states spread around the Mediterranean and Black Seas.


In ancient Greece what was a city state?

An independent tract of farmland in which there was a city and water supply.


What is a walled city and surrouding lands with an independent government called in ancient Greece?

A city-state.


What linked independent city states of ancient Greece?

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Would Greece count as a city-state?

Ancient Greece would be considered a large number of independent and semi-independent city-states, but Modern Greece is a nation-state, a republic. Modern city states include places like Vatican City, Monaco, Liechtenstein, or Nauru.


What were the laws in Ancient Greece?

Ancient Greece comprised several hundred independent city-states, each of which had its own laws. Can you refine the question.


What is the flag of ancient Greece?

Ancient Greece was comprised of about 2000 independent city-states. Thy had no flag.


Was ancient Greece fiercely independent or a united country?

Ancient Greece was not united - it was comprised of about 2,000 independent city-states spread around the Mediterranean and Black Seas. These city-states were fiercyl independent, and fought each other with monotonous regularity and destruction.


What years was the greek empire in power?

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How were the regions of ancient Greece divided and organized?

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What was ancient Greece broken up into?

Ancient greece was divided into isolated communities because of the mountains in Greece. Over 70% of Greece is mountains, and the mountains made communication between cities hard. This blocked the exchange of ideas, which resulted in all of the cities having different societies, governments, and values