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But the polis also included the surrounding farmland, and the villages.
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So Athens was the polis for Attica,
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but it was also the polis for all of Attica,
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all that region around Athens, including villages and farms
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and other small towns too.
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So there was a rural dependency on these Greek cities.
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They all practiced a certain kind of Greek education.
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The Greek word paideia, which is right there on your handout,
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means education,
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but it also means more than simply rote learning
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or memorization or learning to read, like we think.
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Paideia is the Greek word that means the formation of the young man.