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Revision as of 10:55, 15 July 2003 by Baldhur (talk | contribs) (disambig)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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:
See also: polis
The term city-state is also used for a city that is a state by itself: the independent states Monaco, Singapore, Liechtenstein, San Marino and Vatican City; the states of Germany: Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg; and the Chinese Special Administrative Regions: Hong Kong and Macau.