A comparative study of thirty city-state cultures an investigation conducted by the Copenhagen Polis Centre ; [on January 5 - 9, 1999 twenty-eight scholars from thirteen countries met with the members of the Copenhagen Polis Centre to hold a Symposium on

Introduction : The Concepts Of City-state And City-state Culture / Mogens Herman Hansen -- The Ancient World. Les Petits Etats Mésopotamiens à La Fin Du 4e Et Au Cours Du 3e Millénaire / Jean-jacques Glassner -- The City-state In Ancient Western Syria / Ingolf Thuesen -- The Palestinian City-states Of The Bronze Age / John Strange -- The Old Assyrian City-state / Mogens Trolle Larsen -- The Early Phoenician City-states On The Mediterranean : Archaeological Elements For Their Description / Hans Georg Niemeyer -- The City-states Of The Early Neo-babylonian Period / Mogens Trolle Larsen -- The Philistine City-states / John Strange -- The Hellenic Polis / Mogens Herman Hansen -- The Etruscan City-state / Mario Torelli -- The City-states In Latium / Tim J. Cornell -- 'celtic' Oppida / John Collis -- Mecca And Medina : Arab City-states Or Arab Caravan-cities? / Jørgen BÆk Simonsen --^ Medieval And Early Modern Europe. Viking Dublin And The City-state Concept : Parameters And Significance Of The Hiberno-norse Settlement / Poul Holm -- Novgorod, Kiev And Their Satellites : The City-state Model And The Viking Age Polities Of European Russia / Neil Price -- The Rise And Fall Of Italian City-states / Stephan R. Epstein -- Imperial And Free Towns Of The Holy Roman Empire : City States In Pre-modern Germany? / Peter Johanek -- Riechsstadt, Eidgenössischer Ort, Städtische Territorialherrschaft : Zu Den Anfängen Der Stadstaaten Im Gebiet Der Heutigen Schweiz ; Summary : The Formation Of Swiss City-states (13th-15th Centuries) / Martina Stercken -- The Dutch Republic's City-state Culture (17th-18th Centuries) / Maarten Prak -- Asia. The City-state In Spring-and-autumn China / Mark Edward Lewis -- Mahajanapada States Of Early Historic India / Dilip Chakrabarti -- Ancient City-states Of The Tarim Basin / Nicola Di Cosmo --^ City-states And City-state Cultures In Pre-15th Century Southeast Asia / Pierre-yves Manguin -- Negeri : The Culture Of Malay-speaking City-states Of The Fifteenth And Sixteenth Centuries / Anthony Reid -- A Regional Explanation Of The Tai Müang As A City-state / Richard A. O'connor -- Africa. Le Mzâb Cité-état / Farhat Jaabiri And Bahaiou Yahia -- The Swahili City-state Culture / Paul Sinclair And N. Thomas Håkansson -- The Hausa City-states From 1450 To 1804 / Robert Griffeth -- Yoruba As A City-state Culture / J.d.y. Peel -- City-state Culture On The Gold Coast : Fante City-states In The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries / Ray A. Kea -- The Kotoko City-states / Mogens Herman Hansen -- The City-states Of The Eastern Niger Delta / Kingta Irene Princewill -- Mesoamerica. The City-states Of The Maya / Nikolai Grube -- Mixtec City-states And Mixtec City-state Culture / Michael D. Lind -- Aztec City-states / Michael E. Smith --^ Conclusion : The Impact Of City-state Cultures On World History / Mogens Herman Hansen. Conducted By The Copenhagen Polis Centre ; Edited By Mogens Herman Hansen. A Collection Of Revised Papers Contributed To A Symposium Held January 5-9, 1999 At The Copenhagen Polis Centre, With Some Additional Contributions. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. English With Two Papers In French And One Paper In German. INTRODUCTION: The concepts of city-state and city-state culture / Mogens Herman Hansen THE ANCIENT WORLD: Les petits Etats mésopotamiens à la fin du 4e et au cours du 3e millénaire / Jean-Jacques Glassner The city-state in ancient Western Syria / Ingolf Thuesen The Palestinian city-states of the Bronze Age / John Strange The old Assyrian city-state / Mogens Trolle Larsen The early Phoenician city-states on the Mediterranean. Archaeological elements for their description / Hans Georg Niemeyer The city-states of the early Neo-Babylonian period / Mogens Trolle Larsen The Philistine city-states / John Strange The Hellenic Polis / Mogens Herman Hansen The Etruscan city-state / Mario Torelli The city-states in Latium / Tim J. Cornell 'Celtic' oppida / John Collis Mecca and Medina. Arab city-states or Arab caravan-cities? / Jørgen BÆk Simonsen Viking Dublin and the city-state concept. Parameters and significance of the Hiberno-Norse settlement / Poul Holm Novgorod, Kiev and their satellites. The city-state model and the Viking Age polities of European Russia / Neil Price The rise and fall of Italian city-states / Stephan R. Epstein Imperial and free towns of the Holy Roman Empire city states in pre-modern Germany? / Peter Johanek Riechsstadt, eidgenössischer Ort, städtische Territorialherrschaft. Zu den Anfängen der Stadstaaten im Gebiet der heutigen Schweiz ; Summary : the formation of Swiss city-states (13th-15th centuries) / Martina Stercken The Dutch Republic's city-state culture (17th-18th centuries) / Maarten Prak ASIA: The city-state in spring-and-autumn China / Mark Edward Lewis Mahajanapada states of early historic India / Dilip Chakrabarti Ancient city-states of the Tarin Basin / Nicola di Cosmo City-states and city-state cultures in pre-15th century Southeast Asia / Pierre-Yves Manguin Negeri. The culture of Malay-speaking city-states of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / Anthony Reid A regional explanation of the Tai Müang as a city-state / Richard A. O'Connor AFRICA: Le Mzâb cité-état / Farhat Jaabiri and Bahaiou Yahia The Swahili city-state culture / Paul Sinclair and N. Thomas Hk̊ansson The Hausa city-states from 1450 to 1804 / Robert Griffeth Yoruba as a city-state culture / J.D.Y. Peel City-state culture on the Gold Coast : Fante city-states in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Ray A. Kea The Kotoko city-states / Mogens Herman Hansen The city-states of the Eastern Niger Delta / Kingta Irene Princewill MESOAMERICA: The city-states of the Maya / Nikolai Grube Mixtec city-states and Mixtec city-state culture / Michael D. Lind Aztec city-states / Michael E. Smith CONCLUSION: The impact of city-state cultures on world history / Mogens Herman Hansen.