word | POLIS/POLIT |
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meaning | POLIS/POLIT comes from the Greek word for “city.” The ancient Greek city-states, such as Athens, Thebes, and Sparta, operated much like separate nations, so all their politics was local, like all their public policy—and even all their police! |
Tags: mwvb::root, mwvb::unit:26, mwvb::unit:26:root, obsidian_to_anki
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