City-state — Social Studies definition
Defined in 2 courses:
- An independent city that rules itself and the farmland around it, like the Sumerian cities of Ur and Uruk. (Ancient Civilizations)
- A political community centered on a city and its surrounding territory. (Global History & Geography I: Early Societies to c. 1750)
Where it is taught
- Mesopotamia & the Fertile Crescent — River Civilizations of the Eastern Hemisphere, Ancient Civilizations, Grade 6
- Mesopotamia: Cities, Writing & Unequal Law — Historical Inquiry & Early Societies, Global History & Geography I: Early Societies to c. 1750, Grade 9
In use
A city-state is a city with political control over surrounding territory.
Mesopotamia & the Fertile Crescent