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Bookmark or Share- Polis - WikipediaA polis is a binding and irrevocable agreement between formerly separate populations to form a united and indissoluable commonwealth. Once the agreement takes effect all previous social arrangements become null and void. The polis demands first loyalty and exercises the power of life or death over its constituents.
- Polis | Definition & Facts | Britannicapolis, 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 the original local tribal (ethnic) and cult divisions.
- Polis - SpringerLinkThe polis (or “city-state”) was a characteristic polity of archaic (c. 700–c. 490) and classical (c. 490–323 BCE) Greece. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle said in the Politics (1253 a 2-4 = 1.1.9) “man is by nature a creature of the polis, and a man… without a polis is either subhuman or divine.”
- Polis Timeline - World History EncyclopediaA polis (plural: poleis) was the typical structure of a community in the ancient Greek world. A polis consisted of an urban centre, often fortified and with a sacred centre built on a natural acropolis or harbour, which controlled a surrounding territory (chora) of land.
- Polis - World History EncyclopediaA Polis (plural: poleis) was the typical structure of a community in the ancient Greek world. A polis consisted of an urban centre, often fortified and with a sacred centre built on a natural acropolis or harbour, which controlled a surrounding territory (chora) of land.
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