Polis
Subtitle: An Introduction to the Ancient Greek City-State
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 13, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780199208494
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; History: World; History; History - General History; Ancient Greece; Ancient - Greece; Sociology - Urban; History / Ancient / Greece; Cities and towns, Ancient; City-states; Greece
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