Summary
Mogens Herman Hansen: Polis: The Ancient Greek City-State Culture
If one examines the connection between the creation of cities and the formation of states, it is shown that in world history, from about 3000 BC to about 1900 AD, there were two different types of state formations: macro-states, with a large number of cities within their territories, and areas composed of micro-states, each of which included one city and its surroundings. Such a micro-state is called a city-state, and the area divided into city-states represents what we call "city-state culture". At least 37 city-state cultures have been recorded in world history, most of which were located in Southeast Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, West Africa, and Central America. The greatest among them was the culture of the ancient Greek city-states. It included about 1,500 city-states scattered throughout the Mediterranean world.
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