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A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city. City-states were common in the ancient period and gradually were combined into nations. The many city-states of ancient Greece are classical examples.
Examples of city-states in history include:
- Venice
- Sumer
- Danzig (1806-1813), (1921-1939)
- Szczecin - 12th century
- Wolin - 12th century
- Maya civilization
See also: polis, nation-state
The term city-state also has the following contemporary usages:
- a city that is a state by itself: the independent states Monaco, Singapore, San Marino and Vatican City
- the states of Germany: Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg
- the Chinese Special Administrative Regions: Hong Kong and Macau.
See also: independent city