The Greek City-State Or Polis

On the shores and islands of ancient Greece evolved a new type of state, the city-state or polis, as the ancient Greeks called it. Geographically, Greece is particularly favourable for such a growth. It is a land divided by sea and mountains into innumerable islands and valleys, where peoples and communities lived a separate but not isolated life.

This fact inclined the ancient Greeks were towards an intense love of independence and liberty, which is one of the most important features of their political life, Moreover, as the ancient Greeks were not dominated by any organised religion and priesthood, their love of freedom was also expressed in a spirit of free enquiry in politics, philosophy and all other fields of human interest.

 

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