The Polis

Title: The Polis
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The Polis

During the Archaic Period of Ancient Greece, many communities segregated themselves into small, subdivided city-states. Such cities were small, but managed to establish the very roots of democracy today. The term “polis” can be defined as an independent state governed by its population. Such a definition is accurate, however also could be considered broad and constricted. In deeper aspects, the polis was an organized state or community that worked together in upholding equivalent rights with …showed first 75 words of 1173 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1173 total…individual rights and an overall commitment towards their community seemed to have been applied much well in the Greek society than it ever would in our modern democracy. However the ideas which originated from the polis serve as an ideal state and a goal which we continually aim to achieve in our modern world. Bibliography References - Chester G. Starr, A History Of The Ancient World, 4th ed. 1991 - Michael A. Lumas, The Atlas of World Histroy, 1993.

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