A small independent state consisting of an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory. A characteristic political form in early Mesopotamia, Archaic and Classical Greece, Phoenicia, and early Italy.
The term city-state refers to a self-governing urban center and the agriculture territories it controlled.
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Scholars agree that political, social, economic, and technological phenomena are indicators of civilization.
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The Neolithic (New Stone Age), which is associated with the origins of agriculture, followed the Paleolithic.
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The survival of many amulets and representations of a host of demons suggest widespread belief in magic—the use of special words and rituals to manipulate the forces of nature.
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