The emergence of the polis in Ancient Greece

Polis is wrongly named city-state in many researchs. The subject of polis is open to discussion at every point starting from the concept that it is a state. When polis accepted as a city-state, discussions come up as it is not the same concept as the Near East city-states. Indeed, calling the police only a city-state is inadequate in explaining all its dynamics. After the discussions of the meaning of the polis, its important to see when the polis emerge in the Greek land. Toward the this goal we should know polis have a dual meaning. This meanings is: polis as a city and as a political unity. When we get the urban meaning alone, sites like Zagora or Herakleion can be the proof of early early states. But when we get the political unity meaning it was thought that this ideological structure might have started in the 8th century B.C. The reason of the this thougt is that the intense socio-cultural and socio-economic changes experienced in the 8th century B.C. If the dualistic meaning of the polis needs to be clearly understood, first we should understand the internal dynamics of this political system. The internal dynamics of the polis may also be some of the concrete and abstract concepts. After investigating these structures of the polis, we would have a clear view upon the society which builds this form of state. After understanding the elements about the concept of the polis, it will be easier to determine the dynamics and process which are the reasons for its emergence.