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		<title>Irlandos at 10:51, December 29, 2005</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;polis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;amp;pi;ό&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;amp;lambda;&amp;amp;iota;&amp;amp;sigmaf;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;polis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;amp;pi;ό&amp;amp;lambda;&amp;amp;iota;&amp;amp;sigmaf;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;amp;mdash; plural: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;poleis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;amp;pi;ό&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;amp;lambda;&amp;amp;epsilon;&amp;amp;iota;&amp;amp;sigmaf;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) &amp;amp;mdash;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;amp;mdash; plural: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;poleis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;amp;pi;ό&amp;amp;lambda;&amp;amp;epsilon;&amp;amp;iota;&amp;amp;sigmaf;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) &amp;amp;mdash;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;is a city, or a city-state.  The word originates from the [[Greece|Greek]] city-states, which developed during the Hellenic period and survived (though with decreasing influence) well into Roman times.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;is a city, or a city-state.  The word originates from the [[Greece|Greek]] city-states, which developed during the Hellenic period and survived (though with decreasing influence) well into Roman times.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Irlandos</name></author>
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		<title>Irlandos at 10:51, December 29, 2005</title>
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		<updated>2005-12-29T10:51:43Z</updated>

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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;polis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;amp;pi;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;omicron&lt;/del&gt;;&amp;amp;lambda;&amp;amp;iota;&amp;amp;sigmaf;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;polis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;amp;pi;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ό&lt;/ins&gt;;&amp;amp;lambda;&amp;amp;iota;&amp;amp;sigmaf;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;amp;mdash; plural: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;poleis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;amp;pi;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;omicron&lt;/del&gt;;&amp;amp;lambda;&amp;amp;epsilon;&amp;amp;iota;&amp;amp;sigmaf;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) &amp;amp;mdash;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;amp;mdash; plural: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;poleis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;amp;pi;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ό&lt;/ins&gt;;&amp;amp;lambda;&amp;amp;epsilon;&amp;amp;iota;&amp;amp;sigmaf;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) &amp;amp;mdash;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;is a city, or a city-state.  The word originates from the [[Greece|Greek]] city-states, which developed during the Hellenic period and survived (though with decreasing influence) well into Roman times.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;is a city, or a city-state.  The word originates from the [[Greece|Greek]] city-states, which developed during the Hellenic period and survived (though with decreasing influence) well into Roman times.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Irlandos: /* Names */</title>
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		<updated>2005-12-29T10:50:43Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Names&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 10:50, December 29, 2005&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l13&quot; &gt;Line 13:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Names ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Names ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[Cyprus]] there is a town called [[Polis, Cyprus|Polis]] on the northern coast of the Republic of Cyprus.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;*&lt;/ins&gt;In [[Cyprus]] there is a town called [[Polis, Cyprus|Polis]] on the northern coast of the Republic of Cyprus.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;*[[Constantinople]] (modern day Istanbul) is referred to as &amp;quot;Polis&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Poli&amp;quot; by many Greeks&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Irlandos</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<id>https://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Polis&amp;diff=7587&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Irlandos at 11:02, December 21, 2005</title>
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		<updated>2005-12-21T11:02:12Z</updated>

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;A &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;polis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;amp;pi;&amp;amp;omicron;&amp;amp;lambda;&amp;amp;iota;&amp;amp;sigmaf;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash; plural: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;poleis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;amp;pi;&amp;amp;omicron;&amp;amp;lambda;&amp;amp;epsilon;&amp;amp;iota;&amp;amp;sigmaf;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) &amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
is a city, or a city-state.  The word originates from the [[Greece|Greek]] city-states, which developed during the Hellenic period and survived (though with decreasing influence) well into Roman times.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The territory of an ancient &amp;#039;&amp;#039;polis&amp;#039;&amp;#039; centred around a citadel, called the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[acropolis]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and would of necessity also have an &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[agora]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (market) and a &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Gymnasium|gymnasion]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  Most people lived in the countryside, but  only a short journey away from the civic centre.  The Greeks did not regard the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;polis&amp;#039;&amp;#039; as a territorial unit so much as a religious and political association.  Each city was composed of several tribes or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[deme]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, which were in turn composed of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[phratry|phratries]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and finally &amp;#039;&amp;#039;gentes&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Metic]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (resident foreigners) and slaves lay outside this organization.  Birth typically determined citizenship.  Each &amp;#039;&amp;#039;polis&amp;#039;&amp;#039; also had a number of protecting gods and its own particular festivals and customs.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Derived words ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Derivatives of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;polis&amp;#039;&amp;#039; are common in many modern European languages.  This is indicative of the influence of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;polis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;-centred Hellenic world view.  Derivative words in English include &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;policy&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;police&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;politics.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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In [[Cyprus]] there is a town called [[Polis, Cyprus|Polis]] on the northern coast of the Republic of Cyprus.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Ancient Greece]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Irlandos</name></author>
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