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Jiang defines the polis through a geography-first model: geography determines the culture, economy, and political structure of a society.
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Political Structure
Jiang defines the polis through a geography-first model: geography determines the culture, economy, and political structure of a society.
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"...that your geography will determine the culture. The economy and the political structure of your society. And we see that with the Greek polis."
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"...So, it's a very small community. And this became the main political structure of Greek society, okay? So, the polis is one factor. The..."
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"...So, we discussed the polis and how it is a new political structure. Which allows for freedom and democracy. We discussed the alphabet, which..."
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Greek history begins with geography, but it ends here as a theory of abundance, blocked status, and pointless war: when the line stops moving, the young do not overthrow the old order directly.
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