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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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"...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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"...it's setting up for uh for a sort of uh monarchical political structure uh which as an orthodox i'm not a disagreeing if they..."
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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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