A Comparative Study of Thirty City-state Cultures: An Investigation

7th century Amarna letters Anatolia ancient Greek archaeological Archaic Arist Ashkelon assembly Athens attested Babylonian Byblos central century B.C. cité citizens city-state culture colonies concept cult d'une developed Dothan Dublin Dutch Early Bronze East Ebla economic Egyptian empire Etruria Etruscan evidence example excavations Finley Geschichte Gitin Greek polis groups Hanseatic League Hansen in CPCActs Hansen in CPCPapers Hellenic hinterland important infra inhabitants inscriptions institutions Iron Age Italy Jahrhundert Kanesh king km² land Late Bronze Age Latin Latium Lavinium League London lugal medieval Mediterranean ment modern Niemeyer Nippur nucleated Old Assyrian organisation Oxford palace Palestine Philistine Phoenician poleis polis political politique population region Roman Rome self-governing sense settlements social society sources southern Stadt Städte Syria Tarquinia Tell temple term territory texts Thuc tion Torelli towns trade tribes Ugarit urban centre urbanisation Uruk Viking villages walls Weber Zürich