City-state - Revision history

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 Modern examples of city-states include [[Andorra]] and [[San Marino]]. Another example is [[Vatican City]].<ref name="HISTORY 2013 l116">{{cite web | title=10 Things You May Not Know About the Vatican | website=HISTORY | date=2013-03-12 | url=https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-vatican | access-date=2023-08-21}}</ref>
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 Historic examples include [[Sparta]], [[Athens]] and [[Corinth]]. Their infighting, along with the infighting of other Greek city-states, was infamous, but so was their ability to ban together to defeat the [[Persian empire|Persians]] when that great empire sought to absorb Greece.
-Modern examples of city-states include [[Andorra]] and [[San Marino]].
+Modern examples of city-states include [[Andorra]] and [[San Marino]]. Another example is [[Vatican City]].<ref name="HISTORY 2013 l116">{{cite web | title=10 Things You May Not Know About the Vatican | website=HISTORY | date=2013-03-12 | url=https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-vatican | access-date=2023-08-21}}</ref>
 [[Category:Geography]]
 [[Category:International Political Terms]]

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−	'''City-states''' are extremely small sovereign [[nation]]s, usually only containing a single city after which they are named. They were common in ancient [[Greece]], where they were referred to as ''poleis'' (singular ''polis'') and usually had a fair number of rivalries and political alliances, but would ban together during times of foreign threat.	+	'''City-states''' are extremely small sovereign [[nation]]s, usually only containing a single city after which they are named. They were common in ancient [[Greece]], where they were referred to as ''poleis'' (singular ''polis''), and usually had a fair number of rivalries and political alliances, but would ban together during times of foreign threat.

	Historic examples include [[Sparta]], [[Athens]] and [[Corinth]]. Their infighting, along with the infighting of other Greek city-states, was infamous, but so was their ability to ban together to defeat the [[Persian empire\|Persians]] when that great empire sought to absorb Greece.		Historic examples include [[Sparta]], [[Athens]] and [[Corinth]]. Their infighting, along with the infighting of other Greek city-states, was infamous, but so was their ability to ban together to defeat the [[Persian empire\|Persians]] when that great empire sought to absorb Greece.

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−	'''City-states''' are extremely small sovereign [[nation]]s, usually only containing a single city after which they are named. They were common in ancient [[Greece]] and usually had a fair number of rivalries and political alliances, but would ban together during times of foreign threat.	+	'''City-states''' are extremely small sovereign [[nation]]s, usually only containing a single city after which they are named. They were common in ancient [[Greece]], where they were referred to as ''poleis'' (singular ''polis'') and usually had a fair number of rivalries and political alliances, but would ban together during times of foreign threat.

	Historic examples include [[Sparta]], [[Athens]] and [[Corinth]]. Their infighting, along with the infighting of other Greek city-states, was infamous, but so was their ability to ban together to defeat the [[Persian empire\|Persians]] when that great empire sought to absorb Greece.		Historic examples include [[Sparta]], [[Athens]] and [[Corinth]]. Their infighting, along with the infighting of other Greek city-states, was infamous, but so was their ability to ban together to defeat the [[Persian empire\|Persians]] when that great empire sought to absorb Greece.

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−	[[Category:Political Terms]]	+	[[Category:International Political Terms]]

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[city-states]]	+	'''City-states''' are extremely small sovereign [[nation]]s, usually only containing a single city after which they are named. They were common in ancient [[Greece]] and usually had a fair number of rivalries and political alliances, but would ban together during times of foreign threat.
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		+	Historic examples include [[Sparta]], [[Athens]] and [[Corinth]]. Their infighting, along with the infighting of other Greek city-states, was infamous, but so was their ability to ban together to defeat the [[Persian empire\|Persians]] when that great empire sought to absorb Greece.
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		+	Modern examples of city-states include [[Andorra]] and [[San Morino]].
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		+	[[Category:Geography]]
		+	[[Category:Politics]]