city-state
noun
ˈsi-tē-ˌstāt 
also -ˈstāt
: an autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory
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While Mesopotamia was sprouting city-states along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and building massive monuments like the Ziggurat of Ur (in what is now Iraq), development in Arabia appears to have been smaller, slower, and more modest, according to a report in PLOS ONE.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
In the early 6th century, city-states of Sogdiana were conquered by Turk armies; this complex relationship eventually led to an alliance which benefitted Sogdiana’s domination in trade.
—Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024
These qualities are related and relate to their ability to command the reverence of myriad peoples from the rise of the Greek city-state to the fall of the Roman empire.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The Venetian city-state, which then dominated the politics and commerce of Northern Italy, the Adriatic, and the eastern Mediterranean, actively conducted its affairs in code.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2024
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
In the early 6th century, city-states of Sogdiana were conquered by Turk armies; this complex relationship eventually led to an alliance which benefitted Sogdiana’s domination in trade.
—Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024
These qualities are related and relate to their ability to command the reverence of myriad peoples from the rise of the Greek city-state to the fall of the Roman empire.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The Venetian city-state, which then dominated the politics and commerce of Northern Italy, the Adriatic, and the eastern Mediterranean, actively conducted its affairs in code.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2024
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“City-state.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city-state. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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