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Americans have a history of pointing to the cities of ancient Greece, what is the Greek poleis?

Americans have a history of pointing to the cities of ancient Greece, particularly Athens, as the source of our democratic values. Discuss the political systems of the Greek poleis and their experi

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Poleis (city-state) defines the structure of a community. Like the individual states in America, each polis was independent from the others in terms of political, judicial, legal, religious and social institutions and practices.