How is a city-state more than just a city?

As their name implies, city-states were large areas of land whose inhabitants fell under the rule of the city in the midst. ... Because of this, Athens and the Greek cities were more than just a city; they were the law and protection of the surrounding plains.  

Explanation:

A city-state is an independent city — and sometimes its surrounding land — which has its own government, completely separate from nearby countries. Monaco is a city-state. Today, there are only five city-states that are truly self-governing, but in the past this was more common.

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thurgood marshall

explanation: in 1954, thurgood marshall and a team of naacp attorneys won brown v. board of education of topeka, kansas. in this landmark decision, the supreme court held that segregation in public education violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.

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