In greek, the word for city-state was

It would be a branch of columninaries, also would be known as a village

The word for city-state was Polis.

Hope this helps ya

To solve their problems, mesopotamians used irrigation, a way of supplying water to an area of land. to irrigate their land, they dug out large storafe basins to hold water supplies these ditches brought water to the feilds. to protect their feilds from flooding, farmers built up the banks of the tigris and euphrates.hope ths !