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Polis
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Polis[1] (Graece πόλις) in Graecia antiqua erat urbs vel civitas, cui propria erant "magnitudo parva, autonomia politica, homogeneitas socialis, sensus communitatis, observantia legis".[2] Differt a structura priore palatiorum culturae Mycenaeae et a structura tribuaria quae in Graecia septentrionali maneret. Poles circa saecula octavum et septimum ante aeram vulgarem ortae sunt.
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