古代城邦的起源是有争议的。
当人们谈及古代城邦——这种制度与观念在其间运行的社会时，首先想到的就是库朗热。
When one speaks of the ancient city (città) as of the society within which institutions functioned and ideas circulated, the first modern historian who comes to mind is Fustel de Coulanges.
古代近东地区最早的城邦出现在美索不达米亚平原的南端，该地区位于底格里斯河和幼发拉底河之间，也就是现在的伊拉克境内。
The earliest of the city states of the ancient Near East appeared at the southern end of the Mesopotamian plain, the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq.
西方古代的合谐思想包含公平与正义、城邦公民的公共利益、限制君主权力滥用等系列内容。
Ancient western thoughts of harmony consist of fairness and justice, public interests of citizens, restriction of monarch abusing authority, etc.
什么是古代雅典所特有的型格，或者说，是对于城邦和城邦文明释义的关键。
What is particularly characteristic of classical Athens, however, is the focus of definitions of civilization on the polis, the city-state.
亚洲西南部的一个古代海边国家，由地中海东部沿岸的城邦组成，位于今叙利亚和黎巴嫩境内。
An ancient maritime country of southwest Asia consisting of city-states along the eastern Mediterranean Sea in present-day Syria and Lebanon.
古代希腊城邦众多，对其特征进行概括性的总结虽有相当难度，但还是很有必要。
The ancient Greece has numerous poleis, and it is very much difficult to summarize their characteristic commonalities, but it is still worthwhile to have a try.
在小城邦艾丽斯的奥林匹亚平原，就是古代希腊运动会的场地。
A plain called Olympia, in the small city-state of Elis was the site of the original Greek games.
在小城邦艾丽斯的奥林匹亚平原，就是古代希腊运动会的场地。
A plain called Olympia, in the small city-state of Elis was the site of the original Greek games.
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