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polis
(redirected from Greek city-state)

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Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, concerning the Trojan War, he is also anxious to present the war as an historical event and, using new archaeological discoveries, to show Troy not as a Greek city-state but as Anatolian with ties to Hittite civilisation.
The historian investigates how an ordinary Greek city-state was able to transform itself into an imperial power capable of competing with Persia.
Their resistance rallied the Greek city-states to defeat the Persian invaders, preserving Greek independence and keeping Western Civilization on course.
 
 
 
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