A polis was an urban city-like community in the classical Greek era. The polis has several interesting features, which include political, artistic and religious interactions. Firstly, the polis itself is the centre where political power is exercised, originally through the household of a king, or later on, through the assemblies for either oligarchies or democracies. This constitutes one of the beginnings of an open process of decision making in the state, even when the decision making group is at first small. Usually the polis has one shared area for political assemblies, and all citizens are expected to travel to this centre to vote or participate in public debate. As such, this means that the polis cannot effectively be an extended territorial
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Majority of the Greeks lived in cities rather than the country-like farm land that was there at that time. During the 8th century these were the most popular and exquisite buildings but occasionally disperse because they know that some land is sacred and holy. At a time many poleis began to host activities and build for special occasions and events. Soon those with money began to separate themselves based on their wealth; they would live in areas where others of their economic class were equal lived. The polis in archaic Greece means city, and is important because it defines the population. The people of Greece became the most significant in ancient Greece. It is important because it symbolized self-governance under their own selected ruler and king. The political life of the classical era is transformed to an individualized religious and philosophical view of life. But the difference is that the Greeks did not have a word for culture. They thought of politics as being the developer of people's character. Polis would be a cross between our word "governments" and "culture" since the Greeks held that which we call culture is formed, shaped or controlled by the activities of the citizens of the polis. We would speak of a nation's culture but the Greeks would speak about the regime of a
Majority of the Greeks lived in cities rather than the country-like farm land that was there at that time. During the 8th century these were the most popular and exquisite buildings but occasionally disperse because they know that some land is sacred and holy. At a time many poleis began to host activities and build for special occasions and events. Soon those with money began to separate themselves based on their wealth; they would live in areas where others of their economic class were equal lived. The polis in archaic Greece means city, and is important because it defines the population. The people of Greece became the most significant in ancient Greece. It is important because it symbolized self-governance under their own selected ruler and king. The political life of the classical era is transformed to an individualized religious and philosophical view of life. But the difference is that the Greeks did not have a word for culture. They thought of politics as being the developer of people's character. Polis would be a cross between our word "governments" and "culture" since the Greeks held that which we call culture is formed, shaped or controlled by the activities of the citizens of the polis. We would speak of a nation's culture but the Greeks would speak about the regime of a