city-State key term card
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World History [1]
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city state [12]
-early complex political unit made up of an urban area and its surrounding farmland, usually surrounded by protective walls.
-starting in the neolithic age through the classical period in the mediterranean region(mid east, W. europe, N. africa)
--first complex governments that developed with the rise of civilizations.
--developed out of need for organization and protection
--high walls show that wars for land resulted from the development of agriculture