What role did Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation play in shaping the Union's attitudes toward the Civil War?

polisit can also mean a body of citizens. in modern historiography, polis is normally used to indicate the ancient greek city-states, like classical athens and its contemporaries, and thus is often translated as "city-state". the body of citizens came to be the most important meaning of the term polis in ancient greece.

she held meetings in her home during which women discussed scripture.