Look up: polis

1. Polis
   Scottish, meaning: Organisation employed to harrass and intimidate under-twelves.
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2. polis
   In ancient Greece, a city-state, the political and social centre of most larger Greek communities. Membership of a polis as a citizen, participation in its cults and festivals, and the protection...
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3. polis
   ancient Greek city-state. The small state in Greece originated probably from the natural divisions of the country by mountains and the sea and from ... [12 related articles]
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4. polis
   Greek city-state.
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5. polis
   In ancient Greece, a city-state, the political and social centre of most larger Greek communities. Membership of a polis as a citizen, participation in its cults and festivals, and the protection of its laws formed the basis of classical Greek civilization, which was marked by intense intercity rivalries and conflicts until the Hellenistic peri...
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6. Polis
   city state.
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7. Polis
   Often referred to as a city state, the term refers to an autonomous Greek political community; comprised of an urban center surrounded by farms and grazing land. Each had its own constitutional government (exception: tyranny), and was made up of free citizens who took up arms in its defense. In the ...
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8. Polis
   `Polis` (; `póleːs-->), literally means city in Greek. It could also mean citizenship and body of citizens. In modern historiography "polis" is normally used to indicate the ancient Greek city-states, like Classical Athens and its contemporaries, so polis is often translated a...
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