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AbstractThe Greek termmetropolis(plural:metropoleis), literally “mother city,” was first used to express the relationship between a founding city and its colony during the Greek colonization of the western Mediterranean in the eighth centuryBCE.
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AbstractThe Greek termmetropolis(plural:metropoleis), literally “mother city,” was first used to express the relationship between a founding city and its colony during the Greek colonization of the western Mediterranean in the eighth centuryBCE.
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